Antelope dance crest "tijwara" ·  Mali, Bamana · ID: 3035164

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.

The object Antelope dance crest “tijwara” with the object ID 3035164 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 229 achieved a sales price of EUR 450.

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