Production
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when
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1900 - 1950
Chi Wara | Photographer: Axel Killian | Rights management: Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Chi Wara | Photographer: Axel Killian | Rights management: Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Chi Wara
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Antelope head crest mask
This headdress carved from hard, black-brown wood represents a male antelope with the ears of an aardvark. Horizontal chi waras usually consist of two parts joined together at the neck. Chi waras are associated with the Bambara peanut plant. The upper half of the animal stands for theworld above the ground. The lower one represents the soil in which the peanut grows. This object is the mascot of the Freundeskreis Museum Natur und Mensch Freiburg e.V.
- Data Provider
- Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider
Cataloguing data
- Cultural attribution
- Bamana
- Object type
- Maske
- Dimensions
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Width: 610.0 mm
Height: 350.0 mm
Depth: 110.0 mm - Material/Technique
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Colour pigments, Cotton fibre, Metallic material, Wood, Carving
- Current location
- Museum Natur und Mensch
- Inventory number
- I/2050
- Related object(s)
Provenance and sources
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Production
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Change of legal title:
Purchase-
when
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28.03.1962
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Change of physical control or legal title
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where
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Mali (location/origin)Bamako (location/origin)Africa (location/origin)
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Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa
- Provenance
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Nothing is known about the circumstances of the acquisition or how the property came into Edgar Beer's possession.
Information about the record
- Legal status metadata
- CC0 1.0 DEED
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