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Ci Wara headdress
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Contact Person Julien Flak

Ci Wara headdress

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$17 000.00

Carved wood
Early 20th century

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Sold By: Galerie Flak

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 Provenance: Ex collection Sako Diane, USAEx collection Pace Gallery, New York (inv. #53-1558)Ex collection GvR family, BrusselsEx collection David Serra, BarcelonaURL: http://www.galerieflak.com/en/tyiwara-105/

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The majority of Bamana (Bambara) people are subsistence farmers.
As stated by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, local oral traditions credit a mythical being named Tyiwara or Ci Wara- a divine being half mortal and half animal – with the introduction of agriculture to the Bamana. These headdresses, also called Ci Wara, are carved to honor that original mythical being.
Ci Wara masquerade performances begin outside the village in the fields and gradually travel to the village center. Women also play an integral part during the masquerading ceremonies by singing songs of praise for Ci Wara and the hard-working farmers.
On this superb, large headdress, the juxtaposition of negative and positive space and two-dimensional sculptural design is superb.

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Voyages, in the wake of Captain Cook, 2019
AfriCubism, 2018
New Beginnings, 2017
Archaic Eskimo, 2016
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First Nations, Native American Art, 2014
Skulls, 2013
Katsinam, Hopi & Zuni Kachina dolls, 2013
Nigeria Masters of Movement, 2012
Polynesia, 2011
Face to Face Ritual Art / Industrial Objects, 2011
Papua New Guinea, 2009
Totems & Shamans of Alaska and the Northwest Coast, 2008
Mossi Fertility Dolls (a not-for-profit-exhibition), 2008
Ibeji: The Yoruba worship of the twins, 2001

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