DOGON, Mali. Hardwood, light crusty patina, vegetable fibres. Dannana" hunter's mask showing a face marked by a forehead protuberance from which the central bridge of the nose emerges and the orbital cavities on either side. This powerful mask, with its striking expression known as the "master of meat" in the Sigi language, was sculpted by a member of the "awa" mask society, who wore it with a fibre tunic, a sword and a spear to resemble a hunter. Height 34 cm.