Dogon Rabbit Mask

Mali

Mid 20th c

13 inches high x 5 1/2 inches wide

Ex: San Antonio, Tx collection

SOLD

The Dogon Rabbit Mask performed with other animal masks at collective funerary rites called Dama. The dyommo or rabbit mask performs with the hunter mask. The hunter pretends to hunt the rabbit which flees in all directions and then hides.