Ti Wara
Bambara · Burkina Faso
Reference: MFG-24
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- Height
- 36 cm
- Material
- Wood, metal and pigments.
Cimera Ti wara representing the male antelope, attached to the straw headdress that goes over the head of the dancer and subjected to the chin by…
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Cimera Ti wara representing the male antelope, attached to the straw headdress that goes over the head of the dancer and subjected to the chin by a kind of bridle. A dense garment of fibers and leaves covers the body of the dancer. These scimers are masks that appear by male and female couples during the celebrations that take place in the fields at the beginning of the agricultural seasons to implore the germination of the seeds and obtain a good harvest to which they will also attend.
Further technical information
- Attributed period
- Mid-century XX
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Burkina Faso. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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