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Bamana Chi Wara Headdress

mid 20th century
Object PlaceMali
Medium/TechniqueWood
Dimensions43.18 x 63.5 cm (17 x 25 in.)
Credit LineGift of William E. and Bertha L. Teel
Accession number1996.368
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceMarch 11, 1978, sold by the Gallery of Primitive Man, New Orleans, to William and Bertha Teel, Marblehead, MA; 1996, partial gift of William and Bertha Teel to the MFA; 2014, acquired fully with the bequest of William Teel to the MFA. (Accession Dates: December 18, 1996 and February 26, 2014)
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