Ciwara (Tyi Wara) Headdress
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Jul 1997
label: Collection Date
content: 1970
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Pascal J. Imperato
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Pascal J. Imperato
notes: label: Notes
content: MADE IN 1970 BY BAFING FANE (KANE), SON OF SIRIMAN FANE'S (OF KOKE) OLDER BROTHER. WOOD. BLACK WITH SURFACE DECORATIONS. MALE FIGURE, UNUSUAL STYLE. PROMINENT EARS, GREEN AND RED FIBER EAR AND NOSE DECORATIONS. SCULPTED FROM FICUS GNAPHALOCARPA (TORO) WOOD. MADE AS COMMISSION FOR DONOR. CIWARA HEADDRESS. CIWARA REPRESENTS THE MYTHICAL ANTELOPE WHO TAUGHT THE BAMANA TO FARM. BAFING WAS LIVING IN BIAWERE IN 1970.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Koke / Biawere, Markala, Segou, Mali, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Bamana (Bambara)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416125
label: USNM Number
content: E428441-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headdress
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 84 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 30 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 7 cm