Chiwara Mask
Carved figure of two antelope with leather with resin hold horse (animal) hair. Tassels hanging from ears and noses.
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- Object: Chiwara Mask
- Artist: -
- Circa: -
- Dimensions: 39.25' H x 10D x 2.5"W
- Culture Area: Africa
- Cultural Group: Mali / Bambara
- Cultural Context: This mask resembles a Chiwara Mask. Chiwara is a ritual object representing an antelope, used by the Bambara ethnic group in Mali. The Chiwara initiation society uses Chiwara masks, as well as dances and ritual associated primarily with agriculture, to teach young Bambara men social values as well as agricultural techniques.
- Donor: Barbara & Hiro Narita
- Catalog #: 114.189