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Kanaga (Mask)

Artist Dogon peoples (Malian)

CultureAfrican | Dogon

DateEarly- to mid-20th century

MediumWood | Pigment | Palm fiber

DimensionsOverall: 30 in. (76.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.2396

Collections

African Art

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 110

Label TextKanaga Mask Dogon Tribe, Mali Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.2396 Kanga masks were worn in funerary ceremonies. Edited By: DS Edited Date: 10/19/2005 Approved By: MHM Approval Date: 10/19/2005Published ReferencesDon Harrison, "Art Unveiled," _Coastal Virginia Magazine,_ April 2014, 52.

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