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.
Alkuperä - Provenienssi
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.
Muut tiedot
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.
Tietoa ostamisesta
