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Mask (Samana)

Mask (Samana)

Unknown

Artist
Unknown (Malian, Dogon People)
Title
Mask (Samana)
Date
n.d.
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
15 in. H Overall
Credit
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Pascal James Imperato
Accession No.
1997.13.3
Classification
Sculpture
Geography
Mali

Related

From Yendoumana district, Mali; 1968, collected in Mali by Dr. Pascal James Imperato (Manhasset, NY); 29 May 1997, gifted by Dr. and Mrs. Pascal James Imperato to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • L. Kahan Gallery. “Dogon Cliff Dwellers: The Art of Mali’s Mountain People.” New York: L. Kahan Gallery/African Arts, 1978. p. 36, fig. 9
  • Chazen Museum of Art. "re:mancipation." Madison, WI: Chazen Museum of Art, 2024. p. 92

  • re:mancipation: Chazen Museum of Art, 2/6/2023–6/25/2023
  • Dogon Cliff Dwellers: The Art of Mali’s Mountain People (1978): L. Kahan Gallery, New York City

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