baga 02 headdress

in this headdress created in the early thirties the traditional form - Bamp is modified by new imagery, a colonial figure placed between two women offering their breasts - as similar to an example in Musee des Arts d'Afrique - Paris Lamp plate 177 p 186
Size
85x35x35
Media
wood
Location
Guinea
Culture Group
baga
Indigenous Name
a-Bamp
Scientific Date
1934