"Ceremonial Helmet Animated By A Bird - Dogon Culture, Mali - First Half Of The 20th Century "
CEREMONIAL HELMET animated by a BIRDDogon culture, Mali
First half of the 20th century
Copper alloy
H. 17 ; Diam. 17 cm
Small truncated cone-shaped ceremonial helmet surmounted by an avian figure with its wings spread out in half-discs incised with concentric circles. The rim is decorated with a frieze of applied semi-circles.
The bird represented in this way could refer to the messengers of the Hogons: the Orotongou.
Ref : 4696
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