Antelope dance crest "sogo-ni-kun" · Mali, Bamana, Sikasso Region · ID: 3044697
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Provenance
Maurice Ratton, Paris, France, 1969Heinz Seeliger, Würzburg, Germany
Size
H: 37 cm/ 60 cm (with bonnet)
H: 14.6 inch/ 23.6 inch (with bonnet)
Description
wood, cowrie snails, raffia fibre, on wickerwork bonnet, base
Just like the “tjiwara” society, “sogo-ni-kun” is an association of different age groups of juveniles (“ton”), performing on agrarian competitions in the villages.
The object Antelope dance crest “sogo-ni-kun” with the object ID 3044697 was last part of the auction 90.I Tribal Art and 90.II Contemporary Native American Art at November 17, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 102.
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Comparing literature
Colleyn, Jean Paul (Hg.), Bamana, Zürich 2001, p. 221, Kat. 207