Mask "kanaga"
Mali, Dogon
Vendu
450 €
Provenance
Southern German Collection (collected in situ in the late 1960’s)Taille
H: 85 cm
H: 33.5 inch
Description
light wood, white, black and indigo blue pigment, leather stripes, superstructure in form of a Cross of Lorraine, bonnet from raffia fibre, rep. (breakage), fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion;
presumably representing the bird “kommolo tebu” with spread wings and black and white plumage, when after its shooting the hunter carved the first “kanaga”.