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Cimier de danse antilope "tjiwara" avec figure anthropomorphe ·  Mali, Bamana · ID: 3047192

Vendu 1 200 €
Provenance
Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s/ 70s)

Description

wood, cowry shell, glass beads, rest., base

These headdresses are supposed to remind of a fabulous being, half man, half animal, who in legendary past thaught man how to cultivate the earth.

But as grain grew abundant, men began to waste it. “Tijwara” buried himself in the ground, and men, having lost him, carved a mask in his memory.


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