Mask "kanaga" · Mali, Dogon · ID: 3035883
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Provenance
Guy Loudmer Paris, 24.11.1988, lot 257Francois de Ricqlès, Paris, 6.6. 1999, lot 121
Alain Rime, Bouvignies, France
Jacques Castex, Paris, France
Jean-Paul Agogué, Paris, France
Size
H: 87 cm
H: 34.3 inch
Description
light wood, polychrome paint, plant fibres, superstructure in form of a double cross with two small seated figures on top, plant fibre bonnet at the back, min. dam., rep., small missing parts, traces of abrasion, cracks, base;
the “kanaga” mask can be interpreted in different ways: crocodile, creator genius, but also “bird in flight”. According to the latter interpretation it represents the bird “kommolo tebu” with spread wings and black and white plumage, when after its shooting the hunter carved the first “kanaga”.
Comparing literature
Homberger, Lorenz (Hg.), Die Kunst der Dogon, Zürich 1995, p. 124