Antelope headdress "sogi-ni-kun" or "tjiwara", Mali, Bamana, Size: H: 53 cm (H: 20.9 inch), ID: 3045287

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Antelope headdress "sogi-ni-kun" or "tjiwara" · Mali, Bamana · ID: 3045287

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Provenance

Stewart J. Warkow, New York, USA

Size

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. 1

AHDRC: 0078477

Exhibition

New York, Jamaica Arts Center: "African sculpture from the Stewart J. Warkow Collection", 20 May - 25 June 1977

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