Tyiwara Bamana crest mask, Mali, wood, first half of the 20t - Lot 292

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100 - 200 EUR
Tyiwara Bamana crest mask, Mali, wood, first half of the 20t - Lot 292
Tyiwara Bamana crest mask, Mali, wood, first half of the 20th century. Primarily attached to a wicker headdress, this sculpture is a crest mask used in the agrarian rites of the Bambara, managed by a society of initiates called Tyi wara "champion of cultures". This figure combines three animals of the bush: the antelope, the pangolin and the anteater. Each of these animals evokes for the Bambara farmers an episode of the founding myth. Diameter : 92 cm
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