Antelope headdress "tjiwara" with anthropomorphic figure · Mali, Bamana · ID: 3047192
sold
EUR 1,200
Provenance
Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s/ 70s)Size
H: 60 cm
H: 23.6 inch
Description
wood, cowry shell, glass beads, rest., base
These headdresses are supposed to remind of a fabulous being, half man, half animal, who in legendary past thaught man how to cultivate the earth.
But as grain grew abundant, men began to waste it. “Tijwara” buried himself in the ground, and men, having lost him, carved a mask in his memory.
The object Antelope headdress “tjiwara” with anthropomorphic figure with the object ID 3047192 was last part of the auction 95th Tribal Art Auction at October 24, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 128 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,200.
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