Antelope dance crest "tijwara"
Mali, Bamana
sold
EUR 450
Provenance
Adalbert von Alföldy, Eislingen, GermanySize
H: 90 cm
H: 35.4 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, carrying a smaller animal on the back, slightly dam., minor missing parts, paint rubbed off, rep. (right horn tip of the small animal), rep. (neck fixed by metal sheet and nails), complete with bonnet of plaited plant fibre, embroidered with nassa shells;
belonging to the vertical (male) type of “tijwara” dance crests.