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| Region or Culture : | African | Category: | Antiques - Ethnographic | |
| Exact Type : | Masks |
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DOGON
KANAGA MASK
BURKINO FASO
AGE IS PROBABLY ABOUT 50 + YEARS OLD
42" TALL - 20 " ACROSS
Traditionally Dogon masks are controlled by the Awa society, a group of predominantly male initiates who conduct the public rites that insure the transition of the dead into the spirit world. A large number of masks participate in Dogon funerary rites and the dama, a celebration at the end of mourning. The masks also appear in the sigui, a celebration held only every 60 years to mark the change in generations.SEE SOME MORE SAMPLES @ http://www.hamillgallery.com/DOGON/DogonKanagaMasks/DogonKanagaMasks.html
Dogon masks evoke the form of animals associated with their mythology,
yet their signifigcance is only understood by the highest ranking cult members whose role is to eplain the meaning of each mask to a captivated audience.
There are more than 70 different Dogon masks, which can be grouped according to medium, whether fiber or wood; subject, whether animal, human or abstract; and character, whether predatory or nonpredatory. This wood mask is a nonpredatory box form with pointed ears. Its abstract form is subject to many interpretations, most refer to a bird or a female spirit. In Dogon belief the symbolism of form and numerology, as well as the dance movement and costume generally refer to female qualities.
This mask appears several at a time. The dancer swings the mask in a figure 8, touching the ground.
From Bacquart, "..the most famous of these masks is certainly the kanaga mask. Its stylized face is set beneath two pairs of geometric arms directed towards the sky and the earth."
From African Masks from the Barbier-Meuller Collection, "..the Kanaga, which represents a bird known as kommolo tebu. Its origin is traced back to a mythical hunter who, having killed one of the birds, fabricated the first kanaga mask in its likeness.
From Segy, "Members of the Awa society wore these masks when dancing on the roof of the house of the deceased in order to lead his soul (nyama) to its resting place, and at the same time defend the survivors from the harm a wandering soul might inflict upon them."
From A History of Art in Africa, "...Kanaga masks are carved by individual Awa initiates and are linked to circumcision rites. The dances and gestures of kanaga...are unique in that their superstructures are vigorously whirled and swung down in an arcing motion to touch the ground. The meaning is unclear, though it appears to signify direct communication with earth spirits."
THANKS TO TODD FOR VERBAGE
TO SEE OTHER DOGON STUFF CHECK OUT: http://www.ethnix.com/Masks/CATEGORY/Plank/dogon.html
www.dogon-lobi.ch
EXCELLENT DANCED CONDITION.
DRY WOOD, AGE CRACKS, OCHRES, REED.
VALUE $ 1200.00 +
LIVING IN SECLUSION AMONGS THE DRY CANYONS
AND HIGH DESERTS OF THE REGION,
THE DOGON ARE STILL ISOLATED AND LIVE IN PRIMITIVE SOCIETIES.
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