HEADDRESS. Tshiwara/Ciwara (stylized male antelope). Wooden sculpture with metal fittings.
The Bambara tribe. Ségou region, Mali around 1940 or earlier. Height 130-131 cm. Width 10,5 cm. Depth 43 cm. On base.
Provenance
Galleri Färg och Form, Stockholm.
The Marabou Collection, Sundbyberg/Upplands-Väsby (Bought by the Director Henning Throne-Holst from Einar Kihlman at Färg och Form in 1965). Was placed in Director Throne-Holst's room.
Kraft Foods Sverige AB, Upplands-Väsby.
More information
A Tshiwara/Ciwara is a ritual object representing an antelope, used by the Bambara tribe in Mali. These objects were worn while dancing in the fields at sowing time to increase the crop yield.
