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Dogon

Sister Mask (Satimbe)

Dogon, 2000

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Dogon

Sister Mask (Satimbe)

Dogon, 2000

Physical Qualities Wood, pigment, cowrie shells, beads, cord, cloth, 40 15/16 x 10 1/16 x 6 11/16 in. (104 x 25.5 x 17 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Geneviève McMillan in Memory of Reba Stewart
Object Number 2008.167
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2008; Geneviève McMillan, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Prussin, Labelle. Hatumere: Islamic Design in West Africa. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1986: 189, fig. 6.30a.
*Stylistic comparison to Great Mosque at Djenne.

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2000–2000

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