dogon mask from the Harrie Heinemans collections
old dogon mask dogon mask from the Harrie Heinemans collections
Dogon Mask . Satimbe Mask or Kanaga mask
 | provenance: Harrie Heinemans, Netherland |
| probable age: End XVII- early XVIIIth century |
| Very old aging signs |
| H: 31 cm cm (without it's stand - included in the price) |
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"At the Dogon of Mali, myths where collected by Marcel Griaule that illustrates the process which leads to the creation of the masks.
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The abstracted facial form is based on that of a
twenty-foot-long "great mask" that is carried but not worn and that
functions as an ancestral effigy of the first death. All Dogon masks lead the
spirits of the deceased toward the ancestral realm.
There are nearly eighty styles of Dogon masks, and for the most part they all
utilize the use of various geometric shapes in their design, independent of the
various animals they are supposed to represent. Most masks have large geometric
eyes and stylized features and are often painted or colored with various
substances. The Dogon continue an ancient masquerading tradition called "Dama"
which commemorates the origin of death. Dama memorial ceremonies
are held to accompany the dead into the ancestral realm and restore order to the
universe. In these ceremonies there are a large number of performers, often a
few hundred, and it is considered absolutely necessary to the ceremony.
A group of Dogon dancers: Image source: Eliot
Elisofon Photographic Archives
Related masks and books resources :
, "African Art in American Collections, Survey 1989",Robbins (Warren M.) and Nooter (Nancy Ingram) Washington/London: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989:51, #3 Sotheby's New York, 20 May 1987. Lot 34,
illus
"Dogon religion is seen through the eyes of...an elder of exceptional intellectual attainments.... It is good to have this material now in English." --Anthropological Forum Dogon masks by Barbara DeMott
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The better known Kanaga and Sirige masks
are followed in the dama ceremony by masks that evoke the behavior of some of
the animals that inhabit the regions where the Dogon live and hunt. provenance: Heinemans,
Harrie (1921-1995, 19 September) & Pinke (1931-1999)
Artist/dealer/coll. Eindhoven-The Netherlands. Started collecting
around 1955. Painter, he inspired a lot of Dutch people to collect African
Art. Author: The Pleasure of collecting African Art. Eindhoven,
The Netherlands, 1986. (source Who is Who in African Art - Guy Van Rijn.) Click the thumbs to see larger images of this fine Dogon Mask Dogon Mask Information request of availability price: Not Available any more
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probable age: XVIIth century
Provenance: Harrie Heinemans collection
Signature inside : BX197 probably referring to Brussels ?
H: 31 cm (without it's stand) Stand will be included.
price: 3.200 euros
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