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”.
Comparing literature
Blom, Huib, Dogon, Images and tradition, Bassins 2010, p. 344 f.