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: Collector
content: Mrs. Pascal J. Imperato
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Pascal J. Imperato
notes: label: Notes
content: MADE IN 1970 BY BAFING FANE, NEPHEW OF SIRIMAN FANE (KANE), SON OF SIRIMAN FANE OF KOKE OLDER BROTHER. CIWARA ANTELOPE HEADDRESS. FEMALE COUNTERPART TO 428441, WITH BABY ON BACK. SURFACE DECORATIONS, UNUSUAL STYLE. BLACK WITH GREEN AND RED FIBER DECORATIONS, PROMINENT EARS. CIWARA REPRESENTS THE MYTHICAL ANTELOPE WHOTAUGHT THE BAMANA TO FARM. BAFING FANE LIVED IN BIAWERE IN 1970. COLLECTED BY THE DONOR 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: E428442-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headdress
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 80 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 31 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 7 cm