Horizontal Chi Wara Headdress

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Horizontal Chi Wara Headdress, left profile view: Wood sculpture of composite animal figure with horizontal horns, decorated with beads, tacks, and cowrie shells, mounted on fabric constructed head piece.
Horizontal Chi Wara Headdress, left profile view

Wood sculpture of composite animal figure with horizontal horns, decorated with beads, tacks, and cowrie shells, mounted on fabric constructed head piece.

Name/Title

Horizontal Chi Wara Headdress

Entry/Object ID

2011.C-D.105

Description

Medium wood sculpture of composite animal figure with horizontal horns, decorated with beads, tacks, and cowrie shells, mounted on fabric constructed head piece.

Use

Ritual Dance

Collection

Jonathan A. Campbell & Tanya G. Dowdey African Art Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Bamana People

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Maker

Date made

circa 1920

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Mali

Continent

Africa

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

Mali

Continent

Africa

Culture/Tribe

Bamana People
Mandé ethnic group

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Headdresses

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

13-1/2 in

Width

7 in

Length

22-1/2 in

Material

Wood, Beads, Cowrie shells, Tacks, Plant Fiber, Pigment