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Most Dogon wooden masks have in common a face that is made of three vertical ridges with two hollows between them. The figure carved on top of this mask indicates the spirit the mask personifies.
Dyodyomini, "the pecker," depicts a mythical male hornbill bird that was captured while pecking millet used for bait. The masked dancer mimics the pecking action of birds and recalls the role of young men as the primary farm laborers in Dogon society. Such masks are usually surmounted by a female standing on the beak. The dancer carries staffs with which he pokes holes in the ground to receive seeds for planting.
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- Roslyn A. Walker, Label text, Arts of Africa, 2015.
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By 1973: John Lunsford, Dallas, Texas
2016: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of above, in honor of Roslyn Walker
The main source for this provenance is the information registered on the Dallas Museum of Art TMS.
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General Description
Most Dogon wooden masks have in common a face that is made of three vertical ridges with two hollows between them. The figure carved on top of this mask indicates the spirit the mask personifies.
Dyodyomini, "the pecker," depicts a mythical male hornbill bird that was captured while pecking millet used for bait. The masked dancer mimics the pecking action of birds and recalls the role of young men as the primary farm laborers in Dogon society. Such masks are usually surmounted by a female standing on the beak. The dancer carries staffs with which he pokes holes in the ground to receive seeds for planting.
Excerpt from
- Roslyn A. Walker, Label text, Arts of Africa, 2015.
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Notes
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
By 1973: John Lunsford, Dallas, Texas
2016: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of above, in honor of Roslyn Walker
The main source for this provenance is the information registered on the Dallas Museum of Art TMS.
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