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Description : Additional Information: This is a face mask with long and imposing superstructure with openworks. The face is very abstract and have two compartment and two squared open eyes. The most popular masks with high superstructure quite similar to this one are known as Sirige or ammat. Superstructures are always related to number of the spirits celebrated during the Dama masquerade. Living along the Bandiagara escarpment in Mali the Dogon are well known for their spectacular and dramatic funerary rituals and the various masks that appear during ceremonies. The funerary rituals known as Dama are presented by initiated males, members of the men&rsquo,s secret society known as Awa, who dance the masks that give life and form to Dogon myths. The dancing of the masks celebrate the life of the deceased while at the same time serves to equally guide the new ancestor out of the village so that the spirit of the deceased cannot harm the living. A number of masks appear each with a different sculptural form and identity reflecting Dogon mythology, cosmology to give sculptural shape to Dogon understanding of the world of the living. The character represented by this mask is not known. Masks among the Dogon were stored or left in rock shelters when it was thought that they had outlived their usefulness or simply were replaced by a new mask. For close related piece see Genevieve Calame-Griaule and Bruno Martinelli, L' ART DU PAYS DOGON DANS LES COLLECTIONS DU MUSEE DE L'HOMME, 1995, fig.34, p.56. For more information, see Laude's AFRICAN ART OF THE DOGON, Amez DOGON STATUARY, Ezra's ART OF THE DOGON, Ndlaye's ARTS DU PAYES DOGON
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