# Mask (Omono or Tana Wurum Bogoro)

- Date: early 1900s
- Medium: Wood and paint
- Classification: Mask
- Dimensions: Overall: 91.5 cm (36 in.)
- Culture: Africa, West Africa, Mali, Dogon-style blacksmith-carver
- Credit line: Gift of Katherine C. White
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1975.151)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1975.151/1975.151_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Dogon masks can be interpreted on two fundamentally different levels: “front speech” (giri so) reflects an early stage of knowledge and consists of a tale that is intended to arouse curiosity; and “speech of the world” (aduno so) refers to Dogon cosmogony, reserved for highly instructed men and women. Masked dances have recently been organized in Dogon regions for tourists and dignitaries. The character of omono is a rare one among the 80 or so that appear in Dogon masquerades.