A BAGA DANCE CREST, ra-Bomp ra-Feth, carved as an armless female half-figure, the head with large eyes and ears, small mouth and two scarifications on each cheek, the grooved coiffure with median crest and pair of horn-like projections, carved neck band with pendant, four carved waistbands, orangey-red patina with blackened features and ornaments, short attachment stick

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A BAGA DANCE CREST, ra-Bomp ra-Feth, carved as an armless female half-figure, the head with large eyes and ears, small mouth and two scarifications on each cheek, the grooved coiffure with median crest and pair of horn-like projections, carved neck band with pendant, four carved waistbands, orangey-red patina with blackened features and ornaments, short attachment stick
62cm. high

Lot Essay

The female figure is represented by the Baga in a number of ways for different purposes, amongst which are the busts with naturalistic heads and full breasts worn by young men at the final coming-out of the girls from initiation. These go by different names such as Zigiren Wunde (the young bride), Komo or ra Bomp ra-Feth (Baby Head), Simogine (Sacred Woman), or Yokui - the last two in the Susu language (see Lamp, F., La Guinée et ses Héritages Culturels, Conakry, 1992)

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