The egungun cult of the Yoruba is concerned with the veneration of important ancestors and emphasizes the contiuning participation of the dead in the affairs of their living descendants (Rubin 1963:18). This dance crest, carved in the form of an...
This delicate dance crest was carved in the eastern Bamana area near the city of Segou on the Niger River. It represents the female oryx antalope (Oryx beisa) with her young carried on her back as human mothers carry their children. Such objects...
Scrapbook compiled by Evelyn Birkby; chiefly contains clippings from "Up a country lane, " Birkby's weekly homemaking column in the Shenandoah Evening Sentinel newspaper.
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The Bamana in the west near Bamako produce dance crests which are more naturalistic than those from Bougouni and the east, especially in terms of proportions. The head and the horns of these segouni kun are oriented horizontally, parallel to the...
This segouni kun, like CMS no. 329, is carved int he relatively abstract style of the Southern Bambara region near Bougouni. The antelope horns of the crest have been combined with the head and body of an anteater, symbol of hardiness and strength...
Mossi dance crests of this type are carved and used in a small area of western and north central Mossi country defined by Yako in the west and Kongoussi in the north. Called zazaido (singula zazaigo) they are worn by members of men's voluntary...
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