Mask "kanaga" · Mali, Dogon · ID: 3038120
sold
EUR 1,500
Provenance
Nicolas Labrovsky (1963)Bruno Frey, Arnay le Duc, France
Size
H: 120 cm
H: 47.2 inch
Description
light wood, matt patina, polychrome paint, leather strips, in form of a double cross, pierced around the rim, min. dam., small missing parts, cracks, traces of abrasion, base
The object Mask “kanaga” with the object ID 3038120 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 131 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,500.
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Comparing literature
Homberger, Lorenz (Hg.), Die Kunst der Dogon, Zürich 1995, p. 124