Antelope Headdress (Chiwara), early 20th century

  • Bamana, African

Wood, metal, and fabric

  • Overall: 17 × 21 1/2 inches (43.2 × 54.6 cm) Overall (base): 6 3/4 × 3 1/4 inches (17.1 × 8.3 cm)

Museum Purchase, with funds from Florence M. Morris, Steven Morris and Rachelle Dwaihy, Margaret H. Demant, Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Brodie, Margo Cohen, Dr. Theodore and Diana Golden, James Goodman Gallery, Richard and Mary L. Gray, Barbara G. Heller, Robert B. Jacobs, Ted Kelter, Eugene and Sheila Mondry, Sophie Pearlstein, Bruce W. Polozker, Lila and Gilbert B. Silverman, Merton D. Simpson, Solomon & Company, Fine Art, Inc., John Hilberry and Andronike Tsagaris, Dr. and Mrs. Martin L. Weissman, Mr. and Mrs. Mandell L. Berman, Sidney and Madeline Forbes, Dr. Robert T. Goldman, Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Hertzberg, Arthur H. and Ellen P. Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wilbert, Marjorie Z. Kaplin, Ruth F. Rattner, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas F. Allison, Lillian Davis-Shaye, Byron and Dorothy Gerson, Lee Hoffman, William and Ellen Kahn, Mr. and Mrs. Hughes Potiker, Alan E. and Marianne Schwartz, Dr. Bryce and Harriet Alpern, Dirk Bakker and Hope Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar H. Feldman, Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Gitlin, David I. and Bobbye L. Goldburg, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Binkow, Lois and Avern Cohn, Rachel T. Dwaihy, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Erb, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kan, Jack A. and Aviva Robinson, Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Roshe, Laurie Ross, Irene Walt, Dr. and Mrs. Dennis Weber, Dr. and Mrs. Charles Butter, Marilyn Chernoff, Elaine C. and Eugene Driker, Diane Howard, Sheila and Jan van der Marck, Andrew L. and Gayle Shaw Camden, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mosner, Marjory J. Levin, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sachse in memory of Donald Morris

2005.40

(Pace Primitive & Ancient Art, New York, New York, USA)

2005-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Bamana, African, Antelope Headdress (Chiwara), early 20th century, wood, metal, and fabric. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, with funds from Florence M. Morris, Steven Morris and Rachelle Dwaihy, et al., 2005.40.