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
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Price realised
Not sold