A superb Bamana antelope headdress, Ségou Region, Mali

chi wara, the mother with an elegantly arched neck and tall vertical horns with a male fawn at the back; varied and softly worn deep brown patina.

Dr. and Mrs. J. Frederick Beineke, New York
Sotheby's, New York, May 2, 1970, lot 15
Acquired at the above auction

The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York, African Art in Westchester from Private Collections, April 24 – June 6, 1971
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Genesis: Ideas of Origin in African Sculpture, November 19, 2002 - April 13, 2003

The Hudson River Museum (ed.), African Art in Westchester from Private Collections, Yonkers, 1971, cat. 18 (unillustrated)
Alisa LaGamma, Genesis: Ideas of Origin in African Sculpture, New York, 2002, p. 90, cat. 45

Very good condition overall for an object of this delicacy; old losses to the tips of the fawn's horns; nicks and scratches, wear and tear from use within the culture.
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