Maske "dyodyomini" · Mali, Dogon · ID: 3046168
sold
EUR 4,000
Provenance
Jean-Michel Huguenin, Paris, France (collected in situ in the 1950s)René Rasmussen, Paris, France
Dave DeRoche, San Francisco, USA (1995)
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 19 June 2010, Lot 179
Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
Belgian Collection
Size
H: 68 cm
H: 26.8 inch
Description
wood, pigment remains/ encrusted patina, leather, base
This rare mask type with a long beak represents a hornbill, that plays an important role in Dogon mythology. It is also known under the name “picoreur”, the French word for this bird.
Comparing literature
Homberger, Lorenz (Hg.), Die Kunst der Dogon, Museum Rietberg, Zürich 1995, p. 126, ill. 101
Publications
van de Velde, Lucien & Joanna Teunen, Traditional Art from the West African Savanna, Antwerp 2010AHDRC: 0083014