Antelope headdress "sogi-ni-kun" or "tjiwara" · Mali, Bamana · ID: 3045287
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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.
The object Antelope headdress “sogi-ni-kun” or “tjiwara” with the object ID 3045287 was last part of the auction 91 Tribal Art Auction at March 9, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 99.
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Publications
African sculpture from the Stewart J.Warkow Collection, New York, 1977, ill. 1
AHDRC: 0078477
Exhibition
New York, Jamaica Arts Center: "African sculpture from the Stewart J. Warkow Collection", 20 May - 25 June 1977