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MILLON
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Dance crest featuring an equine head with buffalo horn.
See original version (French)
193
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Dance crest featuring an equine head with buffalo horn.
See original version (French)
Estimate €300 - €500
Voluntary lot
Description
Dance crest
featuring an equine head with buffalo horn.
Brown patina wood resting on a basket of woven basketry added later.
Bambara, Mali, mid 20th century.
53 x 36 cm
unsaddled
Publication: exhibition catalogue "Tribal Treasures in Dutch private collections", by Siebe Rossel & Arnold Wentholt, the Netherlands: Vereniging Vrienden Etnografica, 2008
Exhibition: Berg en Dal, The Netherlands: "Van Verre Volken Thuis-Kunst in de Kamer", Afrika Museum, 4 October 2008 - 4 January 2009
Bambara dance crests were used in community ceremonies and ritual events linked to initiation societies. Certain figures combined several animal attributes to evoke the forces of the bush and protective powers. This crest's long tubular snout, erect horns and highly refined construction give it a particularly graphic silhouette and a strong sculptural presence.
See original version (French)
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