Antelope dance crest "tjiwara" ·  Mali, Bamana · ID: 3040531

Description

wood, dark brown patina, plant fibres, vertical type, wicker work base, standing quadruped crowned by a seated human figure and a long pair of horns, animal septum and ears of the seated figure provided with metal earrings, min. dam., small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion, base

The object Antelope dance crest “tjiwara” with the object ID 3040531 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 124 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,200.

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Comparing literature

Zahan, Dominique, Antilopes du Soleil, Wien 1980, pl. 71, ill. II 31