Bambara Female Antelope Headdress, Tji wara

Bambara Female Antelope Headdress, Tji wara, Mali, with diagonal legs below an elongated body of square shape, the elongated head with long pierced nose, the tall pointed horns pointing up, the long ears pierced around the edge, a similar but smaller figure on her back, incised surface decorations, on wood stand, (one ear missing on smaller figure, wood loss), ht. 36 1/2 in.

Provenance: Private collection, New York City.
Estimate $2,500-3,500

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