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Dogon

Bird Mask (Kanaga)

Dogon, 1933

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Dogon

Bird Mask (Kanaga)

Dogon, 1933

Physical Qualities Wood, pigment, fiber, hide, nails, 40 9/16 × 24 5/8 × 9 7/16 in. (103 × 62.5 × 24 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Norman Jackson, New York
Object Number 1995.109
concave face divided by high vertical, central ridge representing nose; large, protruding forehead surmounted by one large vertical and two horizontal boards
African Reinstallation, "Modern Masquerade," April 2015, Wurtzburger Galleries, BMA, Kathryn Gunsch.

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