Antelope headdress "sogi-ni-kun" or "tjiwara", Mali, Bamana, Size: H: 45 cm (H: 17.7 inch), ID: 3048820

Antelope headdress "sogi-ni-kun" or "tjiwara", Mali, Bamana, Size: H: 45 cm (H: 17.7 inch), ID: 3048820 - 2/5

Antelope headdress "sogi-ni-kun" or "tjiwara", Mali, Bamana, Size: H: 45 cm (H: 17.7 inch), ID: 3048820 - 3/5

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Lot 153

Antelope headdress "sogi-ni-kun" or "tjiwara" · Mali, Bamana · ID: 3048820

sold EUR 450

Provenance

German Private Collection

Size

H: 45 cm

H: 17.7 inch

Description

wood,

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.

Comparing literature

Colleyn, Jean Paul (Hg.), Bamana, Zürich 2001, p. 221, Kat. 207

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