Antelope dance crest "tjiwara" · Mali, Bamana · ID: 3040536
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Provenance
Mamadou Keita, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsGalerie Sao/Marceau Rivière, Paris, France
Roger Bourahimou, Brussels, Belgium
Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
Size
H: 42 cm
L: 60 cm
H: 16.5 inch
L: 23.6 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, antelope head with curved horns widely projecting to the back, broad cuff from sheet metal around the neck, rising from the back of a quadruped with short legs and tail rolled up, eyes with metal inlay, min. dam., fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion, base
The object Antelope dance crest “tjiwara” with the object ID 3040536 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 122.
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Comparing literature
Zahan, Dominique, Antilopes du Soleil, Vienne 1980, pl. 84, ill. III 17
Publications
van de Velde, Lucien, Traditional art from the West African Savanna, Antwerp 2010