Lot: 211

94th Tribal Art Auction

Buffalo mask "dugn'be"

Guinea-Bissau, Bidjogo

Provenance Size Starting price / estimated price
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 4. September 2004, lot 753 L: 8.3 inch;
B: 22.4 inch
This object is not available anymore.

wood, polychrome paint, bull horns, glass, animal hair, cloth, minor missing parts, base

"Dugn'be" embodies a cattle raised within the village and is worn by young men called "cabaro" before their initiation.

Aside there are three more types of buffalo masks: "gn'opara" - a cow raised in the bush, "essenie" - the wild bull and "iare" - a zebu bull.


Eisenhofer, Stefan & Iris Hahner-Herzog et. al., Mein Afrika - Die Sammlung Fritz Koenig, München, London, New York 2000, p. 142