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Sirigé dance mask with openwork crest in four registers
Wood…
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Sirigé dance mask with openwork crest in four registers
Wood…
See original version (French)
Estimate €2,000 - €3,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Sirigé dance mask
with openwork crest in four registers
Wood, old patina and marks of use, natural pigments.
Dogon, Mali
180 x 20 cm
The Sirigé mask, or 'tiered mask', appears during the Dama ceremonies, rituals symbolically reintegrating the deceased into the world of the ancestors. Each layer of the crest symbolises a level of knowledge, a stage reflecting the individual's rise through the initiation process. An object of transmission and memory, it embodies the continuity of the lineage and the permanence of knowledge within Dogon society.
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