Peculiar question - alias problem with chameleon´s tail

[Martin Lubojacky]

I´ll restore the Afena on the picture below. My doubts are about the missing tail: Normally, if I did not see images of chameleons in African traditional craftnmanship, I would make the tail coiled/twisted downwards - as the animal used to have it. - in reality, in the nature...

But, African craftmen used to depict the chameleon with upwards twisted tail ... (as I could see). And so I feel (against my internal conviction), I should restore it in accordance with the African craftsmen´s "heredity".

Did anybody see chameleon depicted with downwards twisted tail in traditional African art (or even on ceremonial weapons) ??? (Why the people living in compliance with the nature before, used to depict the animal´s tail exactly upside-down ???)