Crest Masks (ci-waraw kun)
Artist
Bamana artist
Dateearly–mid 20th century
MediumWood, string, and metal
DimensionsMale figure: 33 1/4 x 12 1/2 x 1 5/8 in. (84.5 x 31.8 x 4.1 cm); Female figure: 26 7/8 x 8 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (68.3 x 21.6 x 6.4 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest)
Object number86.1/1-2
On View
On viewNorth Carolina Museum of Art Preview (Spring 1987), illus. (b-w) 26.
Introduction to the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1992), illus. (b-w) 43.
Rebecca Martin Nagy, entry for Antelope Headdresses (Tji Wara), in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, Rebecca Martin Nagy, ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1998), 59, illus. (color).
World Views: How Artists See the Earth. Newspapers in Education (supplement to the Raleigh News and Observer, n.d.), 7, illus. (b-w) 6.
Rebecca Martin Nagy, entry for Pair of Antelope Headdresses (Ciwara), in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2010), 130, illus. (color) 131.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement
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