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Antelope Headdress (Chi Wara)20th century

Not on view
Carved wood antelope headdress sculpture with a sweeping ribbed horn arching high above the body, covered in incised geometric patterns, on a rectangular base

Unknown, Antelope Headdress (Chi Wara), 20th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Phil Berg Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Antelope Headdress (Chi Wara)
Culture
Bamana peoples
Place Made
Africa, Mali
Date Made
20th century
Medium
Wood and fibers
Dimensions
Height: 17 1/2 x 7 in. (44.45 x 17.78 cm)
Credit Line
The Phil Berg Collection
Accession Number
M.71.73.354
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
African Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Berg, Phil. Man Came This Way: Objects from the Phil Berg Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1971.