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Pair of Ci wara Bamana crests (Mali)
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120
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Pair of Ci wara Bamana crests (Mali)
Wood.
See original version (French)
Estimate €8,000 - €12,000
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Description
Pair of Ci wara Bamana crests (Mali)
Wood. H. 70 and 71 cm
Rare and important pair of crest pieces depicting a pair of hippotrague antelopes with highly stylized
highly stylised lines. The female has a long neck that flares upwards and is extended by two
carries her young on her back.
The latter, with its strongly curved neck, gives the ensemble a remarkable dynamic. The male
takes on the sculptural dynamic of the fawn, even more accentuated. Its head is decorated with engravings
forming a geometric decoration. The two crests are decorated with upholsterer's nails and brass plates.
and brass plates.
Stylistically and typologically, this pair is part of an extremely small corpus
of which one of the only known examples, even though it was clearly carved by another hand
in the same workshop, is the very famous female antelope formerly in the Vérité collection
collection, rightly considered to be one of the most beautiful known and reproduced in virtually every
fundamental works on African art.
Note :
Waxed or varnished patina, old accidents, the right ear of the female is a reconstruction.
The underside of the bases has been planed to make them stand straight.
Bibliography :
- Catalogue of the sale "Vérité Enchères Rive Gauche" Paris 17 June 2006 n° 37 pages 36 and 37).
Provenance :
- Collected by Mr M. between 1909 and 1911 and kept by the family until 2010.
- Sale Maître Aguttes Hôtel Drouot 23 April 2010 n° 105
- Private collection.
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