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A Bambara Chi Wara Headcrest, Mali. A Chi Wara represents the…
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Auckland
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17-May-2021
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A Bambara Chi Wara Headcrest, Mali. A Chi Wara represents the spirit that taught the Bambara agricultural practice. The Chi Wara is worn on the head in dance. The dancer also wears a costume made of long raffia strands. Carved from wood, the headdress depicts an antelope. The antelope has strings of beads and cowrie shells falling from its horns. The Chiwara is on a disk shaped headdress covered in a beige textile and ornamented with cowrie shells. Height 48 cm, width 24 cm, depth 116.5 cm
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