Dance Headdress (Ci-wara)

Bamana

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Caption

Bamana. Dance Headdress (Ci-wara), late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, metal, ferrous nails, accumulated material, 28 1/2 x 12 x 2 3/4 in. (72.4 x 30.5 x 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, The Adolph and Esther D. Gottlieb Collection, 1989.51.14. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Arts of Africa

Culture

Bamana

Title

Dance Headdress (Ci-wara)

Date

late 19th or early 20th century

Geography

Place made: Mali

Medium

Wood, metal, ferrous nails, accumulated material

Classification

Masks

Dimensions

28 1/2 x 12 x 2 3/4 in. (72.4 x 30.5 x 7 cm)

Credit Line

The Adolph and Esther D. Gottlieb Collection

Accession Number

1989.51.14

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