Dance headdress "zigiren wonde" · Guinea, Baga · ID: 3044064
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Size
H: 65 cm
H: 25.6 inch
Description
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“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. AHDRC: 0055687 (comparable object)
Publications
AHDRC: 0153557