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Old African Wooden Baga Ritual Shrine Figure - GUINEA
Old African Wooden Baga Ritual Shrine Figure - GUINEA
Old African Wooden Baga Ritual Shrine Figure - GUINEA
Old African Wooden Baga Ritual Shrine Figure - GUINEA
Old African Wooden Baga Ritual Shrine Figure - GUINEA
Old African Wooden Baga Ritual Shrine Figure - GUINEA
Old African Wooden Baga Ritual Shrine Figure - GUINEA
Old African Wooden Baga Ritual Shrine Figure - GUINEA
Old African Wooden Baga Ritual Shrine Figure - GUINEA
Old African Wooden Baga Ritual Shrine Figure - GUINEA
Old African Wooden Baga Ritual Shrine Figure - GUINEA
Old African Wooden Baga Ritual Shrine Figure - GUINEA
Old African Wooden Baga Ritual Shrine Figure - GUINEA
Old African Wooden Baga Ritual Shrine Figure - GUINEA
Old African Wooden Baga Ritual Shrine Figure - GUINEA
Old African Wooden Baga Ritual Shrine Figure - GUINEA
Old African Wooden Baga Ritual Shrine Figure - GUINEA
Old African Wooden Baga Ritual Shrine Figure - GUINEA
Old African Wooden Baga Ritual Shrine Figure - GUINEA
Old African Wooden Baga Ritual Shrine Figure - GUINEA
Old African Wooden Baga Ritual Shrine Figure - GUINEA
Old African Wooden Baga Ritual Shrine Figure - GUINEA
Old African Wooden Baga Ritual Shrine Figure - GUINEA
Old African Wooden Baga Ritual Shrine Figure - GUINEA

Old African Wooden Baga Ritual Shrine Figure - GUINEA

$ 129.35

Availability: 40 in stock
  • Tribe: Baga
  • Material: Wood
  • Condition: 13.5 Inches Tall

    Description

    Old African Wooden Baga Ritual Shrine Figure/Head Dress  - GUINEA
    Old wooden ritual figure from the Baga people of Guinea.  Carved in two pieces of a dense, heavy wood. Head fits tightly onto base. Head piece decorated with grid-like carvings. Very abstract. Minor age cracks throughout and wear to finish
    (please examine photographs carefully for condition).
    Purchased at auction years ago, this is part of my personal collection I am selling to downsize.  An uncommon African artifact.
    "Among the culturally related Baga and Nalu peoples, figures combining bird and human features were the most revered objects in shrines dedicated to protecting kin. The name for one changes according to who is using it, but always means “medicine.” Together with other protective medicines in the shrine, these objects were invested with supernatural powers. On important occasions, bird-human figures are placed upon a man’s head and performed"
    - Art Institute of Chicago
    13.5 Inches Tall       17 Inches Long      Base is 5 Inches Wide
    Ex: Upstate NY Collection
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