chi wara headdress, unrecorded Bamana artist

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unrecorded Bamana artist, chi wara headdress
unrecorded Bamana artist, chi wara headdress
unrecorded Bamana artist
chi wara headdress
early-mid 1900s
unrecorded Bamana artist, artist
chi wara headdress, early-mid 1900s
Where object was made: Mali
Material/technique: carving; staining; wood
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width/Length (Height x Width x Length): 111.5 x 7 x 33 cm
Object Height/Width/Length (Height x Width x Length): 43 7/8 x 2 3/4 x 13 in
Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. H. Kenneth Palmer
Accession number: 2007.2810
Not on display
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Archive label for Palmer collection exhibit, date unknown:
The chi wara, or antelope, was the emblem of the Bambara tribe, said to have been sent out by the Creator to instruct them in the growing of corn. Dancers, wearing a fiber costume, red face-mask, and these headdresses abstracting the antelope head, perform in the fields in pairs to insure success with the harvest. This example is a male antelope, carved in the "vertical" stayle characteristic of the eastern portion of Bambara territory.