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Ammata mask

Dogon, Mali

Late 19th – Early 20th Century

Height: 113 cm

Wood, remnants of white paint, plant fibers

This mask with traces of white paint, is geometric in style. The arrow straight nose is flanked by large eyeholes in a rectangular, recessed face, which ends below tubular mouth in a slighlty projecting, square chin. What appear to be ears are actually upright horns, indicating that the mask depicts a mythical antelope known as Walu.

Provenance

Klaus – Jochen Krüger collection, Berlin

Publication(s)

Marcel Griaule. Masques Dogons. Université de Paris, Institut d’ethnologie, 1938. p. 599