Among the range of African masks listed among the Dogon, this example cut in a rectangular volume presents traditional geometric features. Matte, blackened, heavily eroded surface. The Dogon people are renowned in African art for the myths and beliefs relating to their cosmogony. Its population is estimated at around 300,000 souls living in the southwest of the Niger loop in the Mopti region of Mali (Bandiagara, Koro, Banka), near Douentza and part of northern Burkina (north- west of Ouahigouya). Most of the masks are used by circumcised initiates of the Awa society during funeral ceremonies. The "nyama", the mask's vital force, is activated by various rituals in order to develop the object's full magical potential. On the occasion of a Dama, a ritual marking the end of mourning, the Dogon sculpt new masks. Lit. : "Dogon" Huib Blom; "Art of the Dogons" ed. The Metropolitan Museum.
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