Antelope headdress "sogi-ni-kun" or "tjiwara"
Mali, Bamana
not available anymore
Provenance
Stewart J. Warkow, New York, USASize
H: 53 cm
H: 20.9 inch
Description
wood, insect caused damage, base
Just like the “tjiwara” society, the “sogi ni kun” is an association of juveniles (“ton”). The mask dancers appear at working competitions which take place in the villages or on the fields.
Publications
African sculpture from the Stewart J.Warkow Collection, New York, 1977, ill. 1AHDRC: 0078477