Cimier en forme d'oiseau "a-bemp" · Guinée, Baga · ID: 3045727
Vendu
600 €
Provenance
Alfred Klinkmüller, Berlin, GermanyDescription
wood, colour pigments, rep.
Given its natural faculty of flight, it is associated throughout the area with transcendence and with supernatural abilities.
This headdresses are worn by young boys. They appear during the rice planting and harvesting ceremonies.
Littérature comparée
Lamp, Frederick, Art of the Baga, New York 1996, p. 110 f.