Kanaga

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Mask kanaga

This headdress with double crossbars was made of light, pale-coloured wood. It has been painted white, black and blue. There is a net at the back.Masks of this kind were worn by dancers during the funeral ceremonies of the Dogon, which took place every 12 years. In the funeral ceremonies, known as Dama, the souls of the deceased family members are transported from the world of the living into the world of ancestral spirits.Today, the Kanaga masks of the Dogon are mainly danced during performances for tourists.

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Dogon
Object type
Maske
Dimensions
Width: 500.0 mm
Height: 1060.0 mm
Material/Technique
Colour pigments, Wood
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
I/2232

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1900 - 1967
  • Change of legal title:
    Swap
    when
    02.05.1968
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Mali (location/origin)
    Africa (location/origin)
    who
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC0 1.0 DEED
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