Mask "samana" · Mali, Dogon · ID: 3052072
Starting price
EUR 600
Estimated price
EUR 1,200
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).
Comparing literature
Bilot, Alain, Masques du pays Dogon, Paris 2001, p. 168