Zemanek-Münster

Antelope dance crest "sogi ni kun" or "tjiwara"

Mali, Bamana
not available anymore
Provenance
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Size
H: 48,5 cm
H: 19.1 inch

Description

wood, dark brown patina, remains of pigments, consisting of several stylized animals, crowned by two seated female figures and a long pair of horns, horns with rest of resin-like mass, originally inset with cowrie snails, min. dam., small missing part (right forearm), slight traces of abrasion, base


Comparing literature

Museum of Primitive Art (ed.), Bambara sculpture from the Western Sudan, New York 1960, p. 47

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