Cimier de danse antilope "tjiwara" · Mali, Bamana · ID: 3045289
Description
wood/ bipartite, metal clamps/ nails, rep. (horn tip), 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 “tjiwara” avec l’ID d’objet 3045289 a fait partie de l’enchère 91e vente aux enchères Tribal Art en 9 mars 2019 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 98.
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Publications
Ratton, Lucas, Animaux, Paris 2015, p. 46
AHDRC: 0160618