Mask "waka kakada"

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Description

wood, matt patina, polychrome paint, elongated form with open snout and high forehead-nose ridge, probably depicting a crocodile, pierced around the rim, min.dam., cracks, traces of abrasion, base;
the crocodile was feared as a man eating monster and was killed therefore. Lateron masks were made after his image, in order to banish even its spirit “nyama” from the world of the living.

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Comparing literature

Rubin, Arnold et. al., The Sculptor's Eye, The African Art Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Chaim Gross, Washington D.C. 1976, p. 11, ill. 2 Bilot, Alain, Masques du pays Dogon, Paris 2001, p. 132 f., ill. 63

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