Antelope dance crest "sogi ni kun" or "tjiwara" ·  Mali, Bamana · ID: 3035902

Description

wood, brown patina, red pigment, plant fibres, crowned by a seated human figure and a long pair of horns, resin-like mask inset with cowrie shelles (partly missing), collection label and number “69.16.3”, rep. (breakages), fine cracks, traces of abrasion

The object Antelope dance crest “sogi ni kun” or “tjiwara” with the object ID 3035902 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 230.

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Comparing literature

Zahan, Dominique, Antilopes du Soleil, Wien 1980, ill. 70 f.