Antelope Dance Headdress (Chi Wara)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Aug 1992
label: Collection Date
content: 1966
name: label: Donor Name
content: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
notes: label: Notes
content: PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMSG. VETTED BY WILLIAM FAGG AND PHILIP DARK. BOTH AGREED THAT THIS PIECE IS MODERN, I.E. MID-20TH C. JH PURCHASED FROM ROBERT ROUSSET, ARTS OF ASIA, OF NEW YORK IN 3/14/56. DARK-BROWN, CARVED WOODEN ANTELOPE DANCE HEADDRESS SCREWED TO RECTANGULAR WOODEN BASE. STYLIZED FIGURE HAS RECTANGULAR BODY, OPEN IN CENTER. HEAD IS LONG AND POINTED W/ SIMPLE INCISED DESIGN. 2-TIER MANE HAS RECTANGULAR OPEN WORK AND TRIM OF TRIANGLES. EARS ARE POINTED AND LONG, UPRIGHT HORNS CURVE BACKWARD AT THE TIPS. HORNS EXTERIOR DECORATED W/ INCISED CHEVRON DESIGN. BRASS STUDS ARE USED FOR EYES AND DECORATION ALONG EARS, HORNS, NECK. EITHER SIDE OF HEAD HAS NAILED BRASS PLATES W/ SEMI-CIRCULAR CUT-OUTS. BASE LABEL "S.279." THE CHI WARA IS ATTACHEDTO A CAPLIKE BASKETRY HEADPIECE W/ LONG FIBER FRINGES TO COVER WEARER'S FACE AND BODY. A CANE IS HELD IN THE HAND TO IMPLY THE FRONT LEGS OF THE ANTELOPE & TO ASSIST IN THE DANCE MOVEMENTS. (P.34, THE GUSTAVE AND FRANYO SCHINDLER COLLECTION OF AFRICAN SCULPTURE BY JOHN LUNSFORD, DALLAS MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, 1975). SEE 428225 FOR A COMPARISON. CONDITION: DUSTY.
label: Notes
content: SI ARCHIVES ACC. 86-136, BOX 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 May 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Mali (not certain), Africa (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Bamana (Bambara) (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: E428196-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headdress
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 28.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 8.5 cm
label: Height - W/base
content: 77 cm