Headcrest "baba" · Papua New Guinea - Maprik · ID: 3034869
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Provenance
Alain Schoffel, Paris, FranceSize
H: 43 cm
H: 16.9 inch
Description
lygodium wickerwork, polychrome paint, min. dam., small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion, metal socle;
Such masks depict the “spirit of kutagwa” (a strong female spirit of the forrest). Masquerades are performed in secret during the so-called “baga celebrations”.
Comparing literature
Aumann, Georg, Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Coburg 1986, p. 73