Cimier de danse antilope "tjiwara" · Mali, Bamana · ID: 3043498
Stéphane Mangin, Galerie Kanaga, Paris (2015)
Description
wood, dark brown patina, animal skin (horn tips), vertical type, carrying a fawn, ear ornament (missing on the left), min. dam., insect caused damage, base.
“tijwara” masks are danced in male-female pairs. They accompany workers into communal fields, praising and challenging the young men. They also entertain at hoeing contests that recognize a champion farmer. The dancers are male, but they are joined by young women, who fan the “tijwara” to diffuse the power “nyama” that the beasts are believed to emit. The dancers hunch over and lean on canes that evoke forelegs, their movements mimicking an antelope’s.
L’objet Cimier de danse antilope “tjiwara” avec l’ID d’objet 3043498 a fait partie de l’enchère 88e vente aux enchères Tribal Art en 10 mars 2018 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 149.
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Littérature comparée
Museum of Primitive Art (ed.), Bambara sculpture from the Western Sudan, New York 1960, p. 39