Female antelope dance crest "tjiwara" with anthropomorphic figure
Mali, Bamana
sold
EUR 1,200
Provenance
Christie’s Paris, 12 Juin 2003, lot 364Size
H: 43,5 cm
H: 17.1 inch
Description
wood, slightly shiny dark brown patina, vertical type, both horns and the forehead spread with blackish mass with cowrie shells attached (some missing), the figure provided with elongated trunk and simple facial features, wearing a necklace of turquoise glass beads, four holes in the base for attachment, slightly dam. (horntips, base), rep. (base/hindlegs/body of the antelope in the middle/nose bridge with ornament), socle