Antelope Headdress (Chiwara)

About the Artwork

Title Antelope Headdress (Chiwara)

Artwork Date early 20th century

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Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. African

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Bamana

Medium Wood, metal, and fabric

Dimensions Overall: 17 × 21 1/2 inches (43.2 × 54.6 cm) Overall (base): 6 3/4 × 3 1/4 inches (17.1 × 8.3 cm)

Classification Sculpture

Department African Art

Credit Museum Purchase, with funds from Florence M. Morris, Steven Morris and Rachelle Dwaihy, Margaret H. Demant, Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Brodie, Margo Cohen, Dr. Theodore and Diana Golden, James Goodman Gallery, Richard and Mary L. Gray, Barbara G. Heller, Robert B. Jacobs, Ted Kelter, Eugene and Sheila Mondry, Sophie Pearlstein, Bruce W. Polozker, Lila and Gilbert B. Silverman, Merton D. Simpson, Solomon & Company, Fine Art, Inc., John Hilberry and Andronike Tsagaris, Dr. and Mrs. Martin L. Weissman, Mr. and Mrs. Mandell L. Berman, Sidney and Madeline Forbes, Dr. Robert T. Goldman, Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Hertzberg, Arthur H. and Ellen P. Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wilbert, Marjorie Z. Kaplin, Ruth F. Rattner, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas F. Allison, Lillian Davis-Shaye, Byron and Dorothy Gerson, Lee Hoffman, William and Ellen Kahn, Mr. and Mrs. Hughes Potiker, Alan E. and Marianne Schwartz, Dr. Bryce and Harriet Alpern, Dirk Bakker and Hope Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar H. Feldman, Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Gitlin, David I. and Bobbye L. Goldburg, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Binkow, Lois and Avern Cohn, Rachel T. Dwaihy, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Erb, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kan, Jack A. and Aviva Robinson, Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Roshe, Laurie Ross, Irene Walt, Dr. and Mrs. Dennis Weber, Dr. and Mrs. Charles Butter, Marilyn Chernoff, Elaine C. and Eugene Driker, Diane Howard, Sheila and Jan van der Marck, Andrew L. and Gayle Shaw Camden, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mosner, Marjory J. Levin, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sachse in memory of Donald Morris

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 2005.40

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