Antelope Headdress
Original Language TitleChi Wara
CultureBambara peoples
MediumWood
DimensionsOverall: 28 × 8 × 8 1/2 inches (71.12 × 20.32 × 21.59 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Tranin Family from the collection of Donald H. Tranin
Object number2013.47.4
On View
Not on viewCollections
ProvenancePurchased in Mali by Tribal Arts Gallery, New York, NY, February-March 1980 [1];
Purchased from Tribal Arts Gallery by Donald (1927-2007) and Sally (1930-2017) Tranin, no. 170, Kansas City, MO, March 1980;
By descent to their son, Ed Tranin, Leawood, KS, and their daughter, Laura Tranin, Seattle, WA, by 2013;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2013.
NOTES:
[1] According to Suzanne Bach, Tribal Arts Gallery, in a letter to Donald Tranin, February 28, 1980, NAMA curatorial files, Bach and gallery owner Albert F. Gordon had just returned from a collecting trip, during which they acquired this headdress in Mali.
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