Mask - Wood - Omono - DOGON - Mali - EX MUSEUM COLLECTION
Are you interested in this item?This item is up for auction at Catawiki. Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the Catawiki website. Catawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available. Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any store. This Dogon mask came from the permanent collection of the Crocker Museum of Art, Sacramento, USAAccession number: Provenance: - Michael Scanlan collection, USA- The Crocker Museum of Art, Sacramento, USA- Dr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Crowley, USAThe Dogon have a vast array of animal masks which include different kinds of antelopes, rabbits, hyenas, lions, leopards, crocodiles, and three kinds ofmonkeysâwhite, red, and black. In the early years of the century three to four hundred masks might dance during an important drama.This particular mask is the work of a most sophisticated artist. He has reduced the lower face to a slightly concave plane on which the only features are twoholes which are the eyes. Curving forward above this face is the monkey figure, basically a round form atop an oval one. The arms and back encircle ahollow to create a composition both tense and strong. No details intrude on the minimal and simple but tremendously three-dimensional sculpture in whichthe holes and hollows are almost more important than the solid forms.The sculpture will be shipped via DHL Express with track and trace, fully insured. 1-3 days delivery within Europe. 2-4 days delivery to USA. Read more