1846/​7012

Bambara/Bamana Tji-Wara antilope headdress, carved patinated wood. Mali. H. c 23 cm L. c 54 cm. Mounted on a base.

Provenance: Probably ex Carl Kjersmeier. Ex. Galleri Etnografica Lau Sunde. Ex. Flemming Christiansen. Ex. Ole Christensen Collection Copenhagen. Litt: Thomas Stensager artikel on Carl Kjersmeiers Tji Waraer. Tribal Art Magazine no 82. 2016 p. 106–122. Guy va Rijn Archives. J. P. Colleyn, “Bamana The art of existence in Mali” p. 227 fig. 219.

Condition

The horns with worm holes.

Auction

Tribal art, 15 November 2018

Category
Estimate

40,000–50,000 DKK

Price realised

Not sold