Dance headdress Tjiwara Sogoni-Kun, also called Bougouni, region of Sikasso, Mali. Above an aardvark one often sees ...

Dance headdress Tjiwara Sogoni-Kun, also called Bougouni, region of Sikasso, Mali. Above an aardvark one often sees a horse antelope or an armadillo. Here it is not so clear if there are two aardvarks. In the ritual "Tòn", the dancers use a raffia dress on which the mask is fixed. The Sogoni-Kun originated among the Wassalunke tribes, on the border with Guinea. Various western Bamana and Maline tribes adopt this style. Wood, height 47 cm, width 30 cm,