Bambara Ci Wara Antelope Headdress - Early 20thC Buddha This Bajot is part of

This Bajot is part of a pair

It was originally set into a wall

Whether used for logs

Chrysoberyl is a powerful protective stone that has been used to ward against misfortune since ancient times

it is particularly lovely form

Bambara Ci Wara Antelope Headdress - Early 20thC Buddha This Bajot is part ofThis beautifully carved headdress represents the Ci Wara, the male antelope mythical being of the Bambara (or Bamana) people of Mali. Ci Wara was half mortal and half animal and it is the belief that it was Ci Wara who first taught humans to cultivate and farm the lands around them. As humanity became more wasteful, legend has it that Ci Wara buried himself in earth. In memory of him, Bambara carve these headdresses which are power objects called boli