Anthropomorphic mask · Mali, Dogon · ID: 3033392
Vendu
2 400 €
Provenance
Carl Otto Hultén, Malmö, Sweden (member of the Cobra-Group)Michel Gaud, Saint Tropez, France
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, encrusted in some areas, board-shaped base, the actual narrow mask face superimposed, half-spherical forehead, carved with an indicated second face, the teeth inset with wooden splinters, chin plug, slightly dam., cracks, paint rubbed off, water spots, on base;
depicting a person called “the hunter”. The masks are carved by the person who wears it lateron. It is completed by a plant fibre costume which covers the most part of the body.
Littérature comparée
Bilot, Alain, Masques du pays Dogon, Paris 2001, p. 152 Imperato, Pascal James, Dogon cliff dwellers, New York o. J., p. 36, ill. 9