Antelope dance crest "zazaigo" ·  Burkina Faso, Mossi · ID: 3036898

Description

wood, pigments, a bonnet of rough fabric with long extending strings of raffia, surmounted by the stylized figure of an antelope

“Zazaigo” dance crests appear at “nakomsé” celebrations and funerals of the ruling classes.

They are strongly reminiscent of the “tjiwara” antelope dance crests of the Bamana and it is quite possible that they were adopted from there.

The object Antelope dance crest “zazaigo” with the object ID 3036898 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 178 achieved a sales price of EUR 350.

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Comparing literature

Roy, Christopher D., Land of the flying masks, München 2007, ill. 127