Lot 116
  • 116

A fine Bamana antelope headdress, Mali

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

tji wara, the diminutive arched body tapering to a dorsal ridge with a pointed tail and for attachment: deeply layered and encrusted blackened patina.

Provenance

J. J. Klejman, New York
Deborah and Jack Rosenberg,  New York

Catalogue Note

For closely related headdresses cf. Sweeney (1935: pl. 9) and Robbins and Nooter (1989: 72, fig. 52).