Cimier de danse antilope "chiwara" / "tjiwara" / "ci-wara" ·  Mali, Bamana · ID: 3050303

Description

wood, two-piece, metal, rest., base

The “tji wara” society members use a headdress representing, in the form of an antelope, the mythical being who taught men how to farm. The word “tji” means work and “wara” means animal, thus “working animal.”

The purpose of the “tji wara” association was to encourage cooperation among all members of the community to ensure a successful crop.

They also perform at farming contests that recognize a champion farmer. Always performing together in a male and female pair, the coupling of the antelope masqueraders speaks of fertility and agricultural abundance.

L’objet Cimier de danse antilope “chiwara” / “tjiwara” / “ci-wara” avec l’ID d’objet 3050303 a fait partie de l’enchère 101e vente aux enchères en 11 novembre 2023 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 197.

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Littérature comparée

Colleyn, Jean Paul (Hg.), Bamana, Zürich 2001, p. 204 f