Hunter mask "dana-na" · Mali, Dogon · ID: 3044270
sold
EUR 2,000
Provenance
Carl Otto Hultén, Malmö, SwedenSize
H: 49 cm
H: 19.3 inch
Description
wood, plant fibre, pigment, encrusted patina,
“Dana-na” carries a spear, a fly-whisk and a leather bag filled with medicine. It dances around gesturing wildly and imitating the movements of a hunter stalking game.
The object Hunter mask “dana-na” with the object ID 3044270 was last part of the auction 89th Tribal Art Auction at July 7, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 168 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,000.
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Comparing literature
Blom, Huib, Dogon, Images and tradition, Bassins 2010, p. 348 f.
Exhibition
Magins Hjärta, Galleri Astley, Uttersberg, Sweden, 1997