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A BAMBARA ANTELOPE HEADDRESS
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A BAMBARA ANTELOPE HEADDRESS
Chi wara, the male antelope with long triangular head with applied brass panels, circular tacks inset into the eyes, red bead and cowry shell ornaments in the ears, the tall vertical spirally-carved horns each with five brass bands and with brass pendants at the base, the curved openwork neck with two bands of zigzags and with carved notched ornament, serrated mane, the cylindrical body on short legs with attached brass panels, further brass panels about the rectangular base, dark patina
35 in. (89 cm.) high
Chi wara, the male antelope with long triangular head with applied brass panels, circular tacks inset into the eyes, red bead and cowry shell ornaments in the ears, the tall vertical spirally-carved horns each with five brass bands and with brass pendants at the base, the curved openwork neck with two bands of zigzags and with carved notched ornament, serrated mane, the cylindrical body on short legs with attached brass panels, further brass panels about the rectangular base, dark patina
35 in. (89 cm.) high
Provenance
Julius Carlebach, New York, 1955