Awa Society
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Awa, also known as the Awa Society, the Society of Masks, is an African mask and initiatory society of the Dogon people of Mali which is made up of circumcised men, and whose role is both ritual and p
A man wearing a Sirige mask jumps during a ceremony, 1974. The Sirige mask is a tall mask that is used in funerals for only the men who were alive during the holding of the Sigui ceremony.
Door of the Hogon box of Sangha, Mali.
COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Houten masker T Mnr 6372 2
Dogon people
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The Dogon are an ethnic group indigenous to the central plateau region of Mali, in West Africa, south of the Niger bend, near the city of Bandiagara, and in Burkina Faso. The population numbers betwee
Awa Society
…Awa (in Dogon), also known as the Awa Society, the Society of Masks, is an African mask and initiatory society of the Dogon people of Mali which is made up of circumcised men, and whose role is both ritual and political within Dogon society. The Awa Society takes an important role…
Dogon men in their ceremonial attire
A Dogon hunter with a flintlock musket, 2010.
Dogon dwellings along the Bandiagara Escarpment.
Kanaga mask in three pieces; 20th century; 108 x 59.1 x 22.9 cm (421⁄2 x 231⁄4 x 9 in); Brooklyn Museum (New York City)