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67 - Bamana, Mali Ciwara wooden headdress H.
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Estimate €500 - €600

Description

Bamana, Mali Ciwara wooden headdress H. 62 cm – W. 23 cm Ciwara crests were among the first African art objects to be exhibited in European museums (donated in 1882 to the Trocadéro Ethnographic Museum by Colonel Louis Archinard, shortly before the capture of Ségou and the creation of the autonomous colony of Sudan). They quickly found favour with modern artists, influencing their work directly or indirectly. "In their effort to suggest an invisible world dating back to the mythical times of the founding of agriculture, Bamana sculptures transcend, with admirable audacity, the constraints of the 'natural' appearance of beings and things" (Colleyn and Homberger, 2006: 47). With perfectly controlled rhythm, the powerful dynamism of the straight lines and the tension of the curves play with space—whether enclosing or piercing it—whilst concentrating the visual effect through the echo of forms reduced to their essential lines.

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About the sale AFRICAN ART – TERRACOTTA FROM THE INDUS VALLEY – PRE-COLUMBIAN ART – OCEANIAN ART – HOPI CULTURE

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Auction time 06/24/2026 at 1:30 PM

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67 - Bamana, Mali Ciwara wooden headdress H. See original version (French)

67 - Bamana, Mali Ciwara wooden headdress H.
See original version (French)