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Dance Crest

Dogon

Artwork Details

Dance Crest
1900-1983
Dogon
cloth, fiber and cowrie shells
16 9/16 in x 10 7/16 in (42 cm x 26.5 cm)
Gift of Meryl Pinsof-Platt
1983/1.93

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Description

This cap is part of a costume for a male dancer who imitates a young Dogon woman. It is worn with a cloth skirt covered with cowrie shells. This masquerade would be seen in a funeral ceremony called DAMA.
9/23/2004
It is not clear that this piece, which is part of a dancing costume, is linked to funeral ceremonies.

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