Currently indexing
Image Not Available
Antelope Headpiece, Tji-Wara, male
Artist:
BAMBARA
Date: August 1975
Medium: Wood
Classification: Costume
Credit Line: Museum purchase
Object number: 1973.53.1
DescriptionWooden antelope with elaborate open-work mane, long curved horns. Surface of face incised with geometric bands; horns with diagonal stripes. The top portion of the ears is crosshatched. Small hole at tip of hose probably once had metal ring. Surface encrusted with rough textured substance, remains of chalk or lime in the incised lines.
Used in rites re-enacting the mythical beginnings of agriculture. Mounted on caps of basketry and worn by dancers in pairs with female antelope headpieces.
Used in rites re-enacting the mythical beginnings of agriculture. Mounted on caps of basketry and worn by dancers in pairs with female antelope headpieces.
Not on view
In Collection(s)
Contact Us
- Staff Listing
- fleming@uvm.edu
- (802) 656-0750
- 61 Colchester Avenue, Burlington, Vermont 05405
Download a 
Gallery Map of the Fleming Museum of Art (PDF).