Antelope dancecrest "tjiwara" · Mali, Bamana, Region of Beledougou · ID: 3032264
sold
EUR 1,300
Provenance
Maria Wyss, Basel, SwitzerlandEduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
Size
H: 34,5 cm, L: 78 cm
H: 13.6 inch, L: 30.7 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, leather collar, elongated head with pointed backswept horns, rep. (calotte), min. dam., traces of insect caused damage, fissures;
the “tjiwara” mask dancer wears a shaggy tunic, braided with long black fibre with cotton tassels and a cap of cotton or plant fibre weaving. Present “tjiwara” belongs to the horizontal (female) type, which can mostly be found in the Western Bamana region.
Comparing literature
Colleyn, Jean Paul (Hg.), Bamana, p. 224 f.