Details
A BAMANA ANTELOPE HEADDRESS, chi wara
Of stylized form, on a circular base, with sharply bent legs, arched body, pointed tail, cylindrical neck on which are attached two almost identical antelope heads, the lower one larger, both having long spirally carved horns, strong tapering jaws, overhanging domed foreheads, thin angular noses, oval ears, metal eyes, red threads in ears, dark brown worn patina, 25¾in. (65.4cm.) high
Of stylized form, on a circular base, with sharply bent legs, arched body, pointed tail, cylindrical neck on which are attached two almost identical antelope heads, the lower one larger, both having long spirally carved horns, strong tapering jaws, overhanging domed foreheads, thin angular noses, oval ears, metal eyes, red threads in ears, dark brown worn patina, 25¾in. (65.4cm.) high
Provenance
Ernst Anspach, New York
Clayre and Jay Haft, New York
Christie's, New York, 1993, lot 111
Clayre and Jay Haft, New York
Christie's, New York, 1993, lot 111
Literature
German's Van Eck Gallery, 1983, no. 9, illus.