[TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2067
Description:
Wooden, antelope headpiece (Tji wara or Chi wara), with basketry cap of bast strips. Sides wicker woven on sprial foundation. Top checker plaited. Total H = 33.0 cm. Maximum W = 54.0 cm
Donor:
Russell S. Springer Memorial Fund, University Appropriation, and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Mali
Verbatim coll. place:
Mali; Bambara
Culture or time period:
Bambara
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Plaited weaving
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Original # on object is “154”. Not a Bascom inventory number. Appears to be a dealer’s number. Murdock 11:1Illustrated: Bascom, African Arts, 1967. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez, 118D
Loans:
S1968-1969 #12: California Department of Parks and Recreation (August 2, 1968–September 24, 1968), S1968-1969 #27: Art Department (UC Berkeley)/Irene Sawyer (October 8, 1968–October 8, 1968), and S1975-1976 #7: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (August 21, 1975–November 20, 1975)