Head-dress

Description

Head-dress or Tyi Wara of wood carved in the form of a stylized antelope, worn attached to a basketry cap in dances to honour Tyi Wara, the half man, half antelope who taught the ancestors of the Bamana to farm: Africa, West Africa, Mali, Bamana people, early 20th century

Museum reference

A.1962.311

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Head-dress

Production information

Unknown
Mali, Western Africa

Date

Early 20th century

Style / Culture

Bamana

Materials

Wood

Physical description

Blackened wood; in form of a stylized antelope

Associations

Ohly, Ernest (Ernst) Jacob Felix, 1920 - 2008
Ohly, William Ferdinand Charles, 1883 - 1955
N'tomo ceremonies

Exhibitions

• Inspired by Nature (08 Feb 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Inspired by Nature (29 Jul 2011 - 2018)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Treasured: Wonderful Things, Amazing Stories (14 Nov 2008 - 01 Jan 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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