Cimier de danse antilope "tjiwara" ·  Mali, Bamana · ID: 3044098

Description

wood, metal, base

For a work by the same artist/workshop, once in the Perls Collection, later Ernst and Ruth Anspach, New York, see AHDRC 0078129.

The carved antelopes are known as “tijwara” - “the beast who labors” (“tij”: work, “wara”: wild animal). They recall a fabulous being, half man, half animal, who in legendary past taught man how to cultivate the earth.