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Description : Dance headwear. Hardwood with a dark glaze, wrought brass strips, strips of skin, indigenous restorations, erosion. Chy-Wara dance headwear that represents the female version of the Kober antilope, a species from the savanna, which carries its young on its back during weaning: in this case, it is female.The sculpture is crafted vertically and is adorned with engraved wrought metal strips. This is characteristic of Marka works. There are also a series of incisions in the wood which are typical of Bambara works. The straight horns appear to be engraved in a spiral shape.There are various examples known, which differ based on which animal is depicted. PROVENANCE Private collection (2002), LITERATURE GOLDWATER ROBERT, Bambara sculpture from the Western Sudan, New York 1963, n° 55 e 56 (1080), AUTORI VARI, Bamana: The art of existence in Mali, Museum Rietberg Zurich Editor Calleyn J. P. 2001, pagg. 200 - 233 (429), BASSANI EZIO, La Grande Scultura dell’Africa Nera, Firenze 1989, fig. 29 (231), MONTI FRANCO, Le arti primitive, volume IX della collezione “Capolavori nei secoli”, Fratelli Fabbri Editore, Milano, 1961-1964 dedicato alle arti extraeuropee. (Edizione francese), pag. 1349 (1087), IMPERATO PASCAL JAMES, Sogoni Koun, Articolo pubblicato su African Arts (UCLA) Febbraio 1981,pagg. 38-47, COLLEYN JEAN-PAUL & HOMBERGER LORENZ, Ciwara - Chiméres Africaines, Musée du Quay Branly, Five Continent Edition, Milano 2006, pag. 48, fig. 32 (868),
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