Antelope dance crest "sogi-ni-kun" · Mali, Bamana · ID: 3041725
Walter Kaiser, Stuttgart, Germany
Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austria
Description
light brown wood, dark brown patina, stylized body of a roan antelope with vertical projecting horns and long ears, min. dam., minor insect caused missing parts, slight traces of abrasion, base
The object Antelope dance crest “sogi-ni-kun” with the object ID 3041725 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 3 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,000.
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Comparing literature
Colleyn, Jean Paul (Hg.), Bamana, Zürich 2001, p. 223, ill. 211
Publications
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Afrikanische Kunst in Deutschen Privatsammlungen, München 1973, p. 44
AHDRC: 0078464