Ci Wara Headdress

late 19th–early 20th century

African Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Wood

Dimensions

with base: 39 1/2 × 12 × 4 1/8 in. (100.33 × 30.48 × 10.48 cm)
38 × 12 × 4 1/8 in. (96.52 × 30.48 × 10.48 cm)

Credit Line

Bequest of Erika and Thomas Leland Hughes, B.A. 1945, LL.B. 1949

Accession Number

2014.121.68

Geography

Mali

Culture

Bamana

Period

19th–20th century

Classification

Masks

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
Alan Brandt, NY, 1958
Private collection, Pound Ridge, NY, unknown dates
Pace Primitive, New York, October 14, 1978
Gift of Erika and Thomas Leland Hughes to Yale University Art Gallery, 2014
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions 2015," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2015), 4
  • Art for Yale: Collecting for a New Century, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2007), 187, 382–83, pl. 170
Object copyright
Copyright Undetermined
Additional information

Object/Work type

ceremonial objects, headdress, headgear, masks (costume)

Subject

antelopes

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