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THBTall 20th C. African Dogon Wood Walu Mask - Antelope
Lot 68
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Day 2 of an important 2-day auction featuring exceptional, museum-worthy examples of Pre-Columbian from the ancient Americas, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial and fossils. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Day 2 of an important 2-day auction featuring exceptional, museum-worthy examples of Pre-Columbian from the ancient Americas, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial and fossils. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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West Africa, Mali, Dogon, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A gorgeous hand-carved wooden mask depicting an antelope (known as a "walu" in Dogon). The rectangular mask presents with vertical eye channels on the front and narrow eye holes on the verso, a petite rectangular mouth above a short chin, thin ears projecting upwards along the periphery, and an enormous pair of horns with rounded tips. A pair of perforated suspension holes on either side of the mask enables additional ornamentation to drape from the face, and traces of several drilled holes along the verso would have enabled a large costume to be attached. Walu masks like this example are used by Dogon elders in the "dama," a commemorative ceremony for important elders in the community. Dozens of zoomorphic masks are paraded and danced by other members of the community as a symbolic means of protecting the honored elder from the negative effects of dark magic and death. A wondrous example from the Dogon! Size: 9.5" W x 37.25" H (24.1 cm x 94.6 cm); 47.125" H (119.7 cm) on included custom stand.
A stylistically-similar example of a larger size hammered for $4,500 at Sotheby's, New York "African & Oceanic Art" auction (November 11, 2005, lot 41): https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2005/african-oceanic-art-n08132/lot.41.html
For another example of a different style of Walu mask, please see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 1979.541.7: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/314148
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection
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#149217Repair to one horn near top of head, with chips and light adhesive residue along break lines. Losses to areas of face, ears, chin, peripheries, and verso as shown. Chips to multiple areas of face, peripheries, and verso, with light encrustations, several stable fissures, and extensive insect damage. Nice earthen deposits and patina throughout.Condition
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