Antelope dance crest "chiwara" / "tjiwara" / "ci-wara" · Mali, Bamana · ID: 3052400
Sold
EUR 1,500
Provenance
Emil Storrer, Zurich, SwitzerlandZemanek-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.
The object Antelope dance crest “chiwara” / “tjiwara” / “ci-wara” with the object ID 3052400 was last part of the auction Auction 105 at November 15, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 229 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,500.
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Comparing literature
Colleyn, Jean Paul (Hg.), Bamana, Zürich 2001, p. 228, ill. 221
Publications
AHDRC: 0123863