Antelope dance crest "tjiwara" · Mali, Bamana, Sikasso region · ID: 3041535
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Provenance
Roy Stacy, Washington D.C., USA, collected in situ, Bamako (1996)Size
H: 28 cm
H: 11.0 inch
Description
wood, softly luminous brown patina, metal tag eyes, horn tips with tufts of animal hair, incised ornaments, drilled holes at the base for attachment to wickerwork bonnet, slightly dam., minor missing parts, rep. (antelope horn, base), abrasion of paint;
combining aardvark and roan antelope. The aardvark is given reverence by Bamana farmers because of its ability to break up the hard soils of the often sun baked Sahel region at planting season.
The object Antelope dance crest “tjiwara” with the object ID 3041535 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 126.
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AHDRC: 0139710