Anthropomorphic mask ·  Mali, Dogon · ID: 3038286

Description

light brown wood, encrusted blackish brown patina, red paint, cowrie shells, remains of fur, flat ground, a bulging forehead forming an animal head with trunk-like projection, the latter, at the same time, forms the nose of the actual mask face, open mouth with inserted animal teeth (mostly missing), netting at the back, pierced around the rim, min. dam., traces of insect caused damage (back), cracks, small missing parts, traces of abrasion, base;
depicting a person called “the hunter”. The masks are carved by the person who wears it lateron. Because the Dogon believe that game animals are overpowered by magical means, hunters are also magicians.
It is completed by a plant fibre costume which covers the most part of the body.

L’objet Anthropomorphic mask avec l’ID d’objet 3038286 a fait partie de l’enchère 79th Tribal Art Auction en 21 mars 2015 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 133.

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Publications

Bilot, Alain, Masques du pays Dogon, Paris 2001, p. 152, ill. 77