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Description : Provenance: ,Richard and Libby Wheeler Collection Richard and Elizabeth Wheeler are noted Chicago collectors of both Native American and African art. , We have recently purchased their superb African collection. Certificate of provenance available! Additional Information:  ,An incredible mask with on the top a kneeling female figure and two small figures. The face depicts a composite character with its  ,human like features and a hornbill beak. This mask has good age shown on the quality of wood used, the style and the work as well as the patina. ,  ,The use of masks with human figures and other superstructures on top is  ,common among the Dogon. The figure as well as the facial mask are quite impressive. Satimbe represents Yasigi (or Yasigini, Yasiguini), the sister of the masks, the only woman admitted to the Awa male society. Satimbe represents Yasigini, the sister of the masks, the only woman admitted to the Awa male society. This traditional Satimbe Mask dances during the Dama funeral rites, during the Sigi ceremony organized every sixty years to celebrate the spirits of dead. Oral tradition of the Dogon tells us that they originated on the west bank of the Niger River about 1000 years ago. They moved west at some point, into parts of what is now Mossi territory in Burkina Faso, but chose to return east due to pressure to assimilate into the Mossi Kingdom. This time, around 1500, they found a place almost unreachable by invaders on horseback--the arid but imposing Bandiagara Cliffs. Here most of the Dogon have remained to this day, as one of Africa's most spiritual people. This is an excellent example of a Satimbe. Its carving is unique, especially the figure on the top. It has a good provenance and will stand out in any collection.An example of a Satimbe mask is on p. 71 of L'Art du pays Dogon Dans les Collections du Musee de L'Homme. , Recommended Reading: Kate Ezra, Art of the Dogon. Selection from the Lester Wunderman Collection. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1988 Jean Laude, AFRICAN ART OF THE DOGON. The Myths of the Cliff Dwellers, 1973 I have examined this piece and agree with description. Niangi Batulukisi, PhD.
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