Old Dogon (Kanaga) Mask,Mali,W.Africa

Old Dogon (Kanaga) Mask,Mali,W.AfricaA powerful and balanced old Dogon Mask with a beautiful presence and colour palette. One of the most popular types of masks in the Sanga region is the type known as kanaga. Like other Dogon masks, kanaga masks are worn at rituals called dama, whose goal is to transport the souls of deceased family members away from the village and to enhance the prestige of the deceased and his descendants by magnificent masked performances and generous displays of

Silk old hand embroidered butterfly with dangling bells

Archaeologists have dated slag from iron smelting furnaces to 300 B

Around the neck: 9” w x 7 1/2” t

It is no doubt an unusual and rare object

However the power and experience these intense masks offer should not be underestimated

Size: To Top 16 1/2”

The sense of comfort is as different as the sense of aesthetics is to people who are experiencing this art form for the first time

it’s history radiates from the bowl

angle and size of the 'nodules' is complex and for such a uniform article to be created shows tremendous skill

Most wooden objects were carved from a single piece of wood and none were created by power tools

Although this was considered currency there is a difference between currency and money

to small villages in the Himalayas or Africa all these objects share one thing besides wonderful aesthetics…The honest intent of their creators