Antelope dance crest "sogo-ni-kun", Mali, Bamana, Sikasso Region, Size: H: 37 cm/ 60 cm (with bonnet) (H: 14.6 inch/ 23.6 inch (with bonnet)), ID: 3044697

Antelope dance crest "sogo-ni-kun", Mali, Bamana, Sikasso Region, Size: H: 37 cm/ 60 cm (with bonnet) (H: 14.6 inch/ 23.6 inch (with bonnet)), ID: 3044697 - 2/6

Antelope dance crest "sogo-ni-kun", Mali, Bamana, Sikasso Region, Size: H: 37 cm/ 60 cm (with bonnet) (H: 14.6 inch/ 23.6 inch (with bonnet)), ID: 3044697 - 3/6

Antelope dance crest "sogo-ni-kun", Mali, Bamana, Sikasso Region, Size: H: 37 cm/ 60 cm (with bonnet) (H: 14.6 inch/ 23.6 inch (with bonnet)), ID: 3044697 - 4/6

Antelope dance crest "sogo-ni-kun", Mali, Bamana, Sikasso Region, Size: H: 37 cm/ 60 cm (with bonnet) (H: 14.6 inch/ 23.6 inch (with bonnet)), ID: 3044697 - 5/6

Antelope dance crest "sogo-ni-kun", Mali, Bamana, Sikasso Region, Size: H: 37 cm/ 60 cm (with bonnet) (H: 14.6 inch/ 23.6 inch (with bonnet)), ID: 3044697 - 6/6

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Lot 102

90.I Tribal Art and 90.II Contemporary Native American Art

Antelope dance crest "sogo-ni-kun" · Mali, Bamana, Sikasso Region · ID: 3044697

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Provenance

Maurice Ratton, Paris, France, 1969
Heinz 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.

Comparing literature

Colleyn, Jean Paul (Hg.), Bamana, Zürich 2001, p. 221, Kat. 207

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