Description
Male dance mask "Tji-Wara" (chi-wara), Bambara people, Mali, West Africa, in the shape of an antelope, the tribal animal of the Bambara, hardwood, carved, decorated with cowrie snails, beads, metal rings and tassels, abstract figure with openwork stylized mane, the body decorated all around with notches, incised lines and patterns, horns decorated with metal rings, the tips covered with leather and crowned with tufts of hair, mounted on a black lacquered rectangular base, h (without base): 123 cm, total: 129 cm. The top masks, always worn in pairs (male/female) in connection with Bambara peasant rites, are intended, among other things, to favor the success of the harvest or agricultural work. Limit 216,-
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Male dance mask "Tji-Wara" (chi-wara), Bambara people, Mali, West Africa, in the shape of an antelope, the tribal animal of the Bambara, hardwood, carved, decorated with cowrie snails, beads, metal rings and tassels, abstract figure with openwork stylized mane, the body decorated all around with notches, incised lines and patterns, horns decorated with metal rings, the tips covered with leather and crowned with tufts of hair, mounted on a black lacquered rectangular base, h (without base): 123 cm, total: 129 cm. The top masks, always worn in pairs (male/female) in connection with Bambara peasant rites, are intended, among other things, to favor the success of the harvest or agricultural work. Limit 216,-
