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CHI'WARA
Details
A SUPERB BAMBARA ANTELOPE DANCE HEADDRESS
Chi'wara
The male antelope with cylindrical body and short upthrust tail, the large curved neck with pierced bands of triangles, the tall spiralling horns above bending towards the tips, the slender triangular head with inset metal tack eyes, extensive surface ornament of circlets, cross-hatching and zigzags, the rectangular base pierced for attachment, dark glossy patina, on Inagaki base
31 in. (79.5cm.) high
Chi'wara
The male antelope with cylindrical body and short upthrust tail, the large curved neck with pierced bands of triangles, the tall spiralling horns above bending towards the tips, the slender triangular head with inset metal tack eyes, extensive surface ornament of circlets, cross-hatching and zigzags, the rectangular base pierced for attachment, dark glossy patina, on Inagaki base
31 in. (79.5cm.) high
Provenance
Antony Moris, Paris
Frank Crowninshield, New York
Jacques Seligmann, Paris, 1940
Frank Crowninshield, New York
Jacques Seligmann, Paris, 1940
Literature
Clouzot, H. and Level, A., Sculptures Africaines et Océaniennes, Paris, 1925, pl.XVIII
Sweeney, J.J., African Negro Art, New York, 1935, no.11
Leicht, H., History of the World's Art, London, 1952, pl.B, opposite p.40
Radin, P. and Sweeney, J., African Folktales and Sculpture, New York, 1952, pl.37
Masterpieces of African Art, Brooklyn, 1954, no.5 (illustrated)
Portier, A. and Poncetton, F., Les Arts Sauvages: Afrique, 1956, pl.XXV, no.48
Lee-Webb, V., Perfect Documents Walker Evans and African Art, New York, 1935, 2000, p.20, pl.7
Sweeney, J.J., African Negro Art, New York, 1935, no.11
Leicht, H., History of the World's Art, London, 1952, pl.B, opposite p.40
Radin, P. and Sweeney, J., African Folktales and Sculpture, New York, 1952, pl.37
Masterpieces of African Art, Brooklyn, 1954, no.5 (illustrated)
Portier, A. and Poncetton, F., Les Arts Sauvages: Afrique, 1956, pl.XXV, no.48
Lee-Webb, V., Perfect Documents Walker Evans and African Art, New York, 1935, 2000, p.20, pl.7
Exhibited
Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1935, no.11
African Negro Art from the Collection of Frank Crowninshield, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, 1937
The Brooklyn Museum, 1954, no.5
African Negro Art from the Collection of Frank Crowninshield, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, 1937
The Brooklyn Museum, 1954, no.5