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).
Comparing literature
Colleyn, Jean Paul (Hg.), Bamana, Zürich 2001, p. 229, ill. 223
Publications
AHDRC: compare 0078352 & 0128880