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Guinea, Baga, a dance headdress, zigiren wonde,
with a metal bell on a braided animal leather string, with blackish brown patina.
pigment remains, metal sheet,
female bust with prominent breasts, rising from a board-shaped base with
forked projections. With a handwritten collection number
"14GA" at the back, rep. (breakage left foot), cracks, traces of abrasion;
"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.
Provenance:
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Taxatie: € 1.000 - € 2.000
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