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ID: 300262815
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300262815

 

Record Type: concept
kanaga (masquerades, cultural events, ... Events (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Masquerades of the Dogon people of the western Sudan region of Africa, distinguished by their tall wooden sculptural face maks, typically featuring a double-barred cross with short vertical elements projecting from the tips of each horizontal bar.
 
Terms:
kanaga (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,U)
kanaga (Spanish-P,D,U,U)
kanaga (Dutch-P,D,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  K.KM

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Activities Facet
Activities Facet
Hierarchy of Events (hierarchy name)
.... Events (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of events (activities)
........ events (activities) (G)
Hierarchy of cultural events
............ cultural events (G)
Hierarchy of masquerades
................ masquerades (G)
Hierarchy of kanaga
.................... kanaga (G)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Maskerades van het Dogonvolk uit de westelijke Soedanregio in Afrika, herkenbaar aan de grote houten gezichtsmaskers voorzien van een kruis met twee horizontale balken waaraan korte verticale elementen die respectievelijk naar boven en beneden uitsteken aan de uiteinden. 
Spanish ..... Mascarada del pueblo Dogon de la región del Sudán occidental, en África. Se distingue por sus altas máscaras esculturales de madera, caracterizadas típicamente por una cruz de doble barra con cortos elementos verticales que se proyectan desde las puntas de cada barra horizontal. 

Sources and Contributors:
kanaga............  [CDBP-SNPC Preferred, RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred, VP Preferred]
.................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.................  Contributed as a candidate term Candidate term -- AFRART -- 3/98
.................  Ezra, Art of the Dogon (1988) illustration, 68
.................  Griaule, Dogon Masks (1986) illustration, 405
.................  Imperato, Dogon Cliff Dwellers (1978) illustration, 15
.................  TAA database (2000-)
 
Subject: .....  [CDBP-SNPC, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  AAT-Ned (1994-)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Legacy AAT data
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
Spanish .......... [CDBP-SNPC]
.......... TAA database (2000-)

 

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