Antelope dance crest "tijwara" · Mali, Bamana · ID: 3038230
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Provenance
Mark Turner, New York, USAMark Eglinton, New York, USA
Size
H: 73 cm
H: 28.7 inch
Description
wood, matt blackish brown patina, medley of sweeping curves and rhythmic balance: antelope head with curved neck and projecting horns, stylized mane, anthropomorphic figure and body of an antelope forming the base, slightly dam. (right foot of the human figure), abrasion of paint, plate
The object Antelope dance crest “tijwara” with the object ID 3038230 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 118.
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Comparing literature
Fagaly, William, Ancestors of Congo Square, New Orleans 2011, p. 58 Zahan, Dominique, Antilopes du Soleil, Vienne 1980, Planche 70, II126