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Ci Wara Antelope headdress
Object Number 60-56-50/10445
Display Title Ci Wara Antelope headdress
Descriptions
Indigenous Term ci wara; chi wara; tyi wara
Object Description Ci Wara wooden antelope headdress with copper alloy overlay.
Inventory Description Antelope head, carved woodwith brass sheet decoration
Classification
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Date 1960 or earlier
Culture
  • Bambara
  • Bamana
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Sudan
Africa / Mali
Materials Wood, Brass, Copper alloy
Dimensions Overall: 76.2 x 6.6 x 29 cm (30 x 2 5/8 x 11 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 60-56-50/10445
Credit Line Gift of Samuel Rubin
Provenance
Collector Samuel Rubin (1960)
Donor Samuel Rubin (1960)

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