Dance headdress "zigiren wonde" ·  Guinea, Baga · ID: 3035673

Description

wood, partly encrusted, partly shiny dark brown patina, black paint remains, a female bust rising from four feet, high forehead crest, rest. (two feet replaced), traces and missing parts through insect caused damage, cracks;
“zigiren wonde” means “the young bride” and represents a married woman who has given birth to children. Thus her breasts are long, though rarely flat. She is a cultivated woman, with scarification patterns around her neck and breasts and often rings around her neck.

Comparing literature

Lamp, Frederick, Art of the Baga, New York 1996, p. 167 ff.