A Pair of antelope dance crests "tijwara" ·  Mali, Bamana · ID: 3034602

Description

wood, blackish brown patina, male/female, the bodies large in size, modelled in a rather naturalistic manner, fine grooved backswept horns, the heads attached with metal clamps; the female animal with red fibre tassels in nose and ears, old collection number “G.F.K. 26” and “HC 60” at the back of the base, marked with a “6” on the inside; the male animal at the same place marked with the old collection number “G.F.K.25” and “HC 80”, incised “5” on the inside; female animal: rep. (breakage in the middle of body and base), rep. (left horn tip), minor missing parts (ear tips); male animal: rep. (on the left side of the head a piece of wood inserted and fixed by metal clamp), rep. (breakages at the base), supplemented (left hint leg), socles;
the religious and social life of the Bamana people was determined by six initiation communities. Each level of initiation was represented by a special mask type. The “tijwara” headdress belongs to the fifth level. Its members had to encourage a good harvest by celebrating their masquerades.The masks used to appear in pairs male-female, symbolizing the sun and the earth and their meaning for human life.

L’objet A Pair of antelope dance crests “tijwara” avec l’ID d’objet 3034602 a fait partie de l’enchère 72nd tribal art auction en 9 mars 2013 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 261.

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Publications

Morigi, Paolo, Raccolta di un amatore d'arte primitiva, Bern 1980, p. 26 f., ill.11-12