Pair of Headdresses (Tyi Wara Kunw)
<p>These headdresses were all worn by men in male-female pairs during performances celebrating the mythical farming beast named Chiwara, which introduced the Bamana people to agriculture. The rituals motivated young men to work hard. Each headdress combines the graceful horns of an antelope with the body of an aardvark. A young male calf sits upon the female’s back, symbolizing the fertile union of men and women and of the earth and the sun.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1850
- Dimensions
- Left: 98.4 × 40.9 × 10.8 cm (38 3/4 × 16 1/8 × 4 1/4 in.); Right: 79.4 × 31.8 × 7.6 cm (31 1/4 × 12 1/2 × 3 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Bamana
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Record
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- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
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