Mask "kanaga" · Mali, Dogon · ID: 3043840
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Provenance
Lothar Heubel, Cologne, GermanyGerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, Germany
Size
H: 111,5 cm
H: 43.9 inch
Description
wood, plaited bonnet, leather strips,
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”.
The object Mask “kanaga” with the object ID 3043840 was last part of the auction 89th Tribal Art Auction at July 7, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 76.
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Comparing literature
Blom, Huib, Dogon, Images and tradition, Bassins 2010, p. 344 f.