A Fine Old Bamana Chiwara Headdress

A carved wooden headdress sculpture of the mythical antelope Chiwara, worn during agricultural dances to ensure a bountiful harvest season. Bamana Peoples, Mali, Africa. Custom mounted.

A Fine Bamana Chiwara Mythical Antelope Headdress. Bamana / Bambara peoples, Mali, Africa.This headdress sculpture was carved from a single piece of wood to honor that original mythical being. Under C

A very fine and elegant old Chiwara Antelope headdress from the Bamana peoples, of Mali, West Africa.The Antelope was once attached to a basketry cap and worn atop the head during Agricultural festiva

A Highly Styled antique example of a Chiwara or Mythical Antelope headdress with metal embellishment. Bamana peoples, Mali, Africa. Provenance: Ex Guy Lloyd Collection, Texas, USA. The sculpture measu

A Finely carved wooden headdress featuring the image of the mythical antelope Chiwara attached to basketry cap. The headdress shows plenty of handling and wear suggesting actual field use as a dance c

A Fine carved wooden double Chiwara headdress sculpture in the Sikasso region style. Representing the mythical antelope, Tji wara who will bless the crops with fertility and a bountiful harvest. Baman

Tall carved wooden headdress in the form of a stylized Antelope. From the Bambara / Bamana peoples of Mali, West Africa. This sculpture is actually a headdress worn atop the head on a basket and dance

A tall an elegant carved wooden sculpture of the mythical antelope "Chiwara" which was worn atop a basketry headdress and danced during agricultural festivals. Bamana / Bambara peoples, Mali, Africa.

A Fine Bamana Chiwara Mythical Antelope Headdress. Bamana / Bambara peoples, Mali, Africa.This headdress sculpture was carved from a single piece of wood to honor that original mythical being. Under C

Old and fantastic Bamana headdress from Mali, West Africa. A carved wooden image of the Chameleon and Antelope,the mystical Chiwara worn during harvest ceremonies. Openwork form with incised designs.

A fine Bamana Chiwara Dance crest , Bamana ; MaliOf classical form the vertically oriented male antelope head-dress with squared cubistic body the neck and mane carved as concentric open work bands wi

A very fine wooden antelope headdress sculpture with openwork design and adorned with decorated metal work and red textiles. Such sculptures are attached to baskets and worn during agricultural festiv

A very old and abstract Chiwara headdress sculpture from the Bamana ( Bambara ) peoples of Mali, West Africa. This figure measures 21.5 inches tall.Among the Bamana, oral traditions credit a mythical

A very interesting carved wooden headdress sculpture from the bamana peoples of Mali, West Africa. A serene and simple carved wooden Chiwara with an almost modern aesthetic. The sculpture measures 27.

Early Chiwara Dance Antelope Headdress From the Bambara, (Bamana) people of south Saharan Mali, an early Chiwara headpiece of antelope form, used for their agricultural success and appreciation dance.

This is a very rare old carved wooden image of the Merekun from Mali , West Africa and the Bamana peoples. A fine old marionette used by the Bamana in ritual theater with a highly stylized form, and a

Carved wooden female sculpture from the Bamana (Bambara) peoples of Mali, West Africa. The powerful forms of this Jonyeleni figure, executed in a remarkably free style, expresses the ideal image of a

A Lovely old diminutive carved wooden mask with elongated animal like form and highly stylized facial features. The mask has a very well handled surface patina and is such a size that it may have serv

A carved wood and painted black headdress sculpture in the form of a stylized antelope, typically worn on a basketry cap during agricultural festivals. This is a dark and dramatic example. The headdre

A carved wooden female sculpture with stylized face and form, incised tribal motifs and a well handled surface patina. This statue represents a beautiful young woman of the Jo society, an association

This is an old hand carved wooden mask from the Bamana peoples, Mali, West Africa. Masks of this type are known as "N'tomo" , which were used during agricultural festivals. It is relatively small and

Carved wooden zoomorphic sculpture with openwork design as well as a small Chiwara finial on top. Bamana peoples, Mali, Africa. The sculpture measures 22 x 16.5 inches. Provenance: Ex Private Seattle

A dramatic carved wooden female sculpture with strong carving style and rigid form. Female figures of this kind are known as nyeleni among the Bamana people of Mali. The figures are an idealization of

A carved wooden headdress sculpture in the Sikasso region style, with openwork design , incised designs and a highly stylized antelope form. Bamana peoples, Mali, Africa. The sculpture measures 28 inc