Mask "samana" · Mali, Dogon · ID: 3052072
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Provenance
Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, Germany, 13 November 1982, lot 38Werner & Lotte Krause, Hamburg, Germany
Size
H: 36 cm
H: 14.2 inch
Description
wood, pigments, animal hair,
This mask is identified as representing a “samo”, a member of a neighboring ethnic group with a reputation for aggressive, warlike behavior.
The “samana” warrior mask has a special role in the masked dances of the “dama” ceremony (final commemorative ceremony of an important Dogon elder).
The object Mask “samana” with the object ID 3052072 was last part of the auction Collectors’ Items Sale at September 24, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 102.
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Comparing literature
Bilot, Alain, Masques du pays Dogon, Paris 2001, p. 168