Antelope helmet mask "n'gonzon koun" · Mali, Bamana · ID: 3047949
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Size
H: 36 cm
L: 66,5 cm
H: 14.2 inch
L: 26.2 inch
Description
wood, metal, base
Rare version of a “tjiwara” antelope dance crest. The animal, reduced to head and neck, is worked on a helmet-shaped calotte made of wood.
A comparable example illustrated in Colleyn, p. 229, cat. 223 (AHDRC 0078355).
The object Antelope helmet mask “n’gonzon koun” with the object ID 3047949 was last part of the auction 96th Auction at April 24, 2021 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 152.
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Comparing literature
Colleyn, Jean Paul (Hg.), Bamana, Zürich 2001, p. 229, ill. 223
Publications
AHDRC: compare 0078352 & 0128880