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A BAMANA ANTELOPE HEADDRESS, chi-wara
Details
A BAMANA ANTELOPE HEADDRESS, chi-wara
On a rectangular base with four flexed legs and a round torso, the crest with openwork arched and angular forms surmounted by upwardly curving horns at the front, a single spiked horn at the center and a human neck and head at the rear, incised striations on the horns, geometric incisions on the torso of the antelope, glass bead strands of the figure around the neck, on a round basketry cap, 21¾in. (55.2cm.) high including cap
On a rectangular base with four flexed legs and a round torso, the crest with openwork arched and angular forms surmounted by upwardly curving horns at the front, a single spiked horn at the center and a human neck and head at the rear, incised striations on the horns, geometric incisions on the torso of the antelope, glass bead strands of the figure around the neck, on a round basketry cap, 21¾in. (55.2cm.) high including cap
Provenance
John Klejman, New York, 1960