Zemanek-Münster

Antelope dance crest "tijwara"

Mali, Bamana
not available anymore
Provenance
Mark Turner, New York, USA
Mark 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


Comparing literature

Fagaly, William, Ancestors of Congo Square, New Orleans 2011, p. 58 Zahan, Dominique, Antilopes du Soleil, Vienne 1980, Planche 70, II126

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