Female antelope dance crest "tjiwara" with anthropomorphic figure ·  Mali, Bamana · ID: 3034582

Description

wood, slightly shiny dark brown patina, vertical type, both horns and the forehead spread with blackish mass with cowrie shells attached (some missing), the figure provided with elongated trunk and simple facial features, wearing a necklace of turquoise glass beads, four holes in the base for attachment, slightly dam. (horntips, base), rep. (base/hindlegs/body of the antelope in the middle/nose bridge with ornament), socle