Bambara (or Bamana), Mali: A ‘Chiwara dance crest', female (antelope with ‘child’ on the back), style: Ségou region.
Bambara (or Bamana), Mali: A ‘Chiwara dance crest', female (antelope with ‘child’ on the back), style: Ségou region.
Among the Bambara in Mali, it is customary that two boys should dance with these crests, called ‘Chiwara’, on their head (a male and a female antelope, respectively) before sowing, in order to ensure and enhance the fertility of the fields (for a more detailed explanation see cat. no. 9).
The present, ‘classical’, high type, made of hard, brown wood, originates stylistically from the region of Ségou near the Niger River, in the northern Bamana territory (South Mali). This ‘Chiwara’ depicts a female antelope with a kid on its back. Their austerely stylised bodies and heads display a decoration of dot and line motifs, the long horns are carved in spiral shape.
A stunningly old object with very good, partly shiny usage patina and some old original repairs (wrapped, secured with a cuff and a metal grip, a small horn glued with tree resin).
First third of the 20th century or earlier; H: 92 cm.
Provenance: Christie’s auction, London, 22 Nov. 1996, lot 118; Collection of Prof. Rudolf Leopold, Vienna. (ME)
Lit.: 'Bamana. Afrikanische Kunst aus Mali' by Jean-Paul Colleyn, Museum Rietberg Zurich, fig. 186, 189, 193 passim; 'Bamana' by J.-P. Colleyn, fig. 42.
Specialist: Erwin Melchardt
Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
26.05.2015 - 15:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 1,875.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 1,600.- to EUR 2,000.-
Bambara (or Bamana), Mali: A ‘Chiwara dance crest', female (antelope with ‘child’ on the back), style: Ségou region.
Among the Bambara in Mali, it is customary that two boys should dance with these crests, called ‘Chiwara’, on their head (a male and a female antelope, respectively) before sowing, in order to ensure and enhance the fertility of the fields (for a more detailed explanation see cat. no. 9).
The present, ‘classical’, high type, made of hard, brown wood, originates stylistically from the region of Ségou near the Niger River, in the northern Bamana territory (South Mali). This ‘Chiwara’ depicts a female antelope with a kid on its back. Their austerely stylised bodies and heads display a decoration of dot and line motifs, the long horns are carved in spiral shape.
A stunningly old object with very good, partly shiny usage patina and some old original repairs (wrapped, secured with a cuff and a metal grip, a small horn glued with tree resin).
First third of the 20th century or earlier; H: 92 cm.
Provenance: Christie’s auction, London, 22 Nov. 1996, lot 118; Collection of Prof. Rudolf Leopold, Vienna. (ME)
Lit.: 'Bamana. Afrikanische Kunst aus Mali' by Jean-Paul Colleyn, Museum Rietberg Zurich, fig. 186, 189, 193 passim; 'Bamana' by J.-P. Colleyn, fig. 42.
Specialist: Erwin Melchardt
Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Tribal Art |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 26.05.2015 - 15:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
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