Face mask with large female figure "satimbe" - Mali, Dogon
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wood, pigment, thick encrusted black colour mixed with vegetal material,
The Dogon have a large number of different types of masks, which all belong to the "awa" society, and appear during the funeral ceremonies of the "dama". These ceremonies are held every two or three years to honour those elders, who had died in the intervening years.
The "satimbe" mask is also used in the "dama" festivities, but upholds a a special position. It represents "yasigine", the oldest sister of the masks ("sigui") and the only woman in the village of the "awa" society who is allowed to dance. Literally translated "satimbe" means "sister of the head".
H: 121 cm, H: 47,6 inch
Provenance:
Kunst Kabinet, Noordeinde, The Hague, The Netherlands (1987)
Mamadou Keita, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
AHDRC: 0083048
Lit.: Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Götter - Geister - Ahnen, München 1992, p. 57
Bedaux, Jean Baptist, Art of the Dogon, Brüssel 2012, ill. 142 ff.
Continent: Africa
The Dogon have a large number of different types of masks, which all belong to the "awa" society, and appear during the funeral ceremonies of the "dama". These ceremonies are held every two or three years to honour those elders, who had died in the intervening years.
The "satimbe" mask is also used in the "dama" festivities, but upholds a a special position. It represents "yasigine", the oldest sister of the masks ("sigui") and the only woman in the village of the "awa" society who is allowed to dance. Literally translated "satimbe" means "sister of the head".
H: 121 cm, H: 47,6 inch
Provenance:
Kunst Kabinet, Noordeinde, The Hague, The Netherlands (1987)
Mamadou Keita, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
AHDRC: 0083048
Lit.: Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Götter - Geister - Ahnen, München 1992, p. 57
Bedaux, Jean Baptist, Art of the Dogon, Brüssel 2012, ill. 142 ff.
Continent: Africa
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Face mask with large female figure "satimbe" - Mali, Dogon
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