250603 - African Ci Wara Headdress or sculpture - Mali.

250603 - African Ci Wara Headdress or sculpture - Mali.
€125.00

ali: African Ci Wara Antelopes sculpture .
Hand carved from a single piece of wood.
Size: 62 cm high

The Bambaras are a people from western Africa, living in agriculture, the culmination of their production of sculptures is inscribed in agricultural rites. During the agricultural festivals of the society tyi Wara, which means "champion of the crops", the farmers wear masks representing an antelope. The antelope is a mythical animal for them because it has taught them to work the earth. In order to obtain an abundant harvest, they dance during planting and harvesting by imitating the step of the antelope. The horn is said to be the symbol of the growth of the millet.