Headcrest "baba" ·  Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée - Maprik · ID: 3034869

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”.

Littérature comparée

Aumann, Georg, Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Coburg 1986, p. 73