Headdress (Chiwara Kunw)

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

mediaCollectionId

AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

true

AMICA ID:

AIC_.1965.6

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AIC_.1965.6

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

1998

aly

1998

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Sculpture

oty

Sculpture

Object Type

false

Creator Nationality:

African; North African; Sahelese; Mali; Bamana

crc

African; North African; Sahelese; Mali; Bamana

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Dates/Places:

Africa, Mali//Africa, Sudanic Africa, Mali (SL) Africa,Sudanic Africa,Mali

cdt

Africa, Mali//Africa, Sudanic Africa, Mali (SL) Africa,Sudanic Africa,Mali

Creator Dates/Places

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Bamana

crt

Bamana

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Headdress (Chiwara Kunw)

otn

Headdress (Chiwara Kunw)

Title

false

Title Type:

preferred

ott

preferred

Title Type

false

View:

full view

rid

full view

View

false

Creation Date:

Mid-19th/early 20th century

oct

Mid-19th/early 20th century

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

1850

ocs

1850

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

1925

oce

1925

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

Wood, brass tacks, metal, quills

omd

Wood, brass tacks, metal, quills

Materials and Techniques

false

Subject Description:

Male antelope headdress with open work mane, long upward-projecting tail, and tall horns. Incised dot-motif on mane. Spiral incising on horns. Brass tacks on face. Cowrie shell with string around neck.

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Male antelope headdress with open work mane, long upward-projecting tail, and tall horns. Incised dot-motif on mane. Spiral incising on horns. Brass tacks on face. Cowrie shell with string around neck.

Subject Description

false

Creation Place:

Africa,Sudanic Africa,Mali,Ségou (region),Ségou

ocp

Africa,Sudanic Africa,Mali,Ségou (region),Ségou

Creation Place

false

Dimensions:

H: 38 3/4 in. (98.4cm.); L: 16 1/8 in. (40.9 cm); W: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)

met

H: 38 3/4 in. (98.4cm.); L: 16 1/8 in. (40.9 cm); W: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)

Dimensions

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Art Institute of Chicago

oon

The Art Institute of Chicago

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

oop

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

1965.6

ooa

1965.6

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

The Art Institute of Chicago, Ada Turnbull Hertle Endowment

ooc

The Art Institute of Chicago, Ada Turnbull Hertle Endowment

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html

orl

<a href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html"target="_new">http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html</a>

Rights

false

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