Register Auction 105
Zemanek-Münster
Antelope dance crest "chiwara" / "tjiwara" / "ci-wara", Mali, Bamana, Size: H: 32 cm L: 45 cm (H: 12.6 inch L: 17.7 inch), ID: 3052400
Antelope dance crest "chiwara" / "tjiwara" / "ci-wara", Mali, Bamana, Size: H: 32 cm L: 45 cm (H: 12.6 inch L: 17.7 inch), ID: 3052400 - 2/6 Antelope dance crest "chiwara" / "tjiwara" / "ci-wara", Mali, Bamana, Size: H: 32 cm L: 45 cm (H: 12.6 inch L: 17.7 inch), ID: 3052400 - 3/6 Antelope dance crest "chiwara" / "tjiwara" / "ci-wara", Mali, Bamana, Size: H: 32 cm L: 45 cm (H: 12.6 inch L: 17.7 inch), ID: 3052400 - 4/6 Antelope dance crest "chiwara" / "tjiwara" / "ci-wara", Mali, Bamana, Size: H: 32 cm L: 45 cm (H: 12.6 inch L: 17.7 inch), ID: 3052400 - 5/6 Antelope dance crest "chiwara" / "tjiwara" / "ci-wara", Mali, Bamana, Size: H: 32 cm L: 45 cm (H: 12.6 inch L: 17.7 inch), ID: 3052400 - 6/6
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Auction 105

Antelope dance crest "chiwara" / "tjiwara" / "ci-wara" ·  Mali, Bamana · ID: 3052400

Starting price EUR 2,000
Estimated price EUR 4,000
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Provenance
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 21 March 2015, lot 119
Size
H: 32 cm
L: 45 cm
H: 12.6 inch
L: 17.7 inch

Description

wood, metal sheet, rep.

Traditionally, headdresses called “tyi wara koun” represented the mythical antelope, who taught man agriculture. His spirit was resurrected during planting and harvest to ensure the fertility of the crops.

Comparing literature

Colleyn, Jean Paul (Hg.), Bamana, Zürich 2001, p. 228, ill. 221

Publications

AHDRC: 0123863

Africa

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