Buffalo mask "dugn'be"
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94th Tribal Art AuctionBuffalo mask "dugn'be"
Guinea-Bissau, Bidjogo
Provenance | Size | Starting price / estimated price |
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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