Mask with Female Figure Holding a Vessel

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

mediaCollectionId

AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

true

AMICA ID:

MIA_.95.1

amicoid

MIA_.95.1

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

1999

aly

1999

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Sculpture

oty

Sculpture

Object Type

false

Creator Nationality:

African; North African; Sahelese; Mali; Dogon

crc

African; North African; Sahelese; Mali; Dogon

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Role:

sculptor

crr

sculptor

Creator Role

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Dogon

crt

Dogon

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Mask with Female Figure Holding a Vessel

otn

Mask with Female Figure Holding a Vessel

Title

false

View:

Front

rid

Front

View

false

Creation Date:

19th century

oct

19th century

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

1800

ocs

1800

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

1899

oce

1899

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

wood

omd

wood

Materials and Techniques

false

Classification Term:

wood

clt

wood

Classification Term

false

Dimensions:

H.37-1/2 x W.7-1/2 x D.14-1/4 in.

met

H.37-1/2 x W.7-1/2 x D.14-1/4 in.

Dimensions

false

Component Measured:

overall

mcm

overall

Component Measured

false

Measurement Unit:

in

mdu

in

Measurement Unit

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

oon

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

oop

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

95.1

ooa

95.1

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

The Putnam Dana McMillan Fund

ooc

The Putnam Dana McMillan Fund

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html

orl

<a href="http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html"target="_new">http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html</a>

Rights

false

Context:

Dogon masks combine layers of social and religious meaning with simplifed and balanced form. The headpiece of this mask represents an antelope in highly stylized form, with the addition of the beak of a bird, dobu, which has an unusual habit of flinging dirt when it scratches the ground for food. The female figure above refers to an older woman of the village who supplies food and drink to men's secret masking societies. Her calabash would contain grain, and like the bird imagery is a reference to nourishment. In performances the dancer wearing a Satimbe mask moves decorously, in honor of the older woman, but also imitates the scratching of the dobu bird.

cxd

<P>Dogon masks combine layers of social and religious meaning with simplifed and balanced form. The headpiece of this mask represents an antelope in highly stylized form, with the addition of the beak of a bird, dobu, which has an unusual habit of flinging dirt when it scratches the ground for food. The female figure above refers to an older woman of the village who supplies food and drink to men's secret masking societies. Her calabash would contain grain, and like the bird imagery is a reference to nourishment. In performances the dancer wearing a Satimbe mask moves decorously, in honor of the older woman, but also imitates the scratching of the dobu bird.</P>

Context

false

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Mask with Female Figure Holding a Vessel