Hunter mask "dana-na" · Mali, Dogon · ID: 3046183
Description
wood, pigments, cord, strongly encrusted patina, base
“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 3046183 was last part of the auction Voyage Tribal Art - Live Online Auction at May 23, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 120.
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Comparing literature
Blom, Huib, Dogon, Images and tradition, Bassins 2010, p. 349 ff.
Publications
Moussa Konaté, Michel Le Bris, "Les Mondes Dogon", Abbaye de Daoulas/ Paris, 2002, p. 138, left