Antelope dance crest "tijwara"
Mali, Bamana
sold
EUR 4,000
Provenance
Cole Harrell, New York, USASize
B: 60 cm
B: 23.6 inch
Description
wood, metal, base
For a work by the same artist/workshop, once in the Perls Collection, later Ernst and Ruth Anspach, New York, see AHDRC 0078129.
The carved antelopes are known as “tijwara” - “the beast who labors” (“tij”: work, “wara”: wild animal). They recall a fabulous being, half man, half animal, who in legendary past taught man how to cultivate the earth.