Mask
69-15-12
From: Mali
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 69-15-12 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Dogon |
| Provenience | Mali |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Fiber | Wood | Leather |
| Description | Kanaga Mask. Squared face with triangular eye holes; super structure a long flat piece with two cross arms (broken). Sewn together with rawhide daubed with pitch. Back of mask has attached woven hemp head covering- wooden portions daubed with light blue and white paint. One of the most important masks of the Dogon, used in dances of an expiatory or therapeutic type. This is a 20th century type from Sanga, Republic of Mali. |
| Credit Line | Museum Purchase, 1969 |
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