Dance headdress "zigiren wonde" ·  Guinée, 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.

L’objet Dance headdress “zigiren wonde” avec l’ID d’objet 3035673 a fait partie de l’enchère 75th tribal art auction en 30 novembre 2013 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 223.

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Littérature comparée

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