Sangaran
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Privileges of initiated men and incarnating a spiritual entity, baga sangaran masks only assisted at circumcisions, every 24 years according to the ethnologist denise paulmefrench collection of african art (mrsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storenevertheless, they have left a vast artistic legacy, which includes crests, figurative sculptures, masks and objects of daily use, like musical instrumentsduband who is currently retired, she used to be a consultant for a french company in the middle of the 20th centuryduring certain dances, the mask was placed on the head, maintained in balance thanks to a bamboo structure and by the arms of the wearer himself, who is covered with cloth and a raffia wraparound skirtcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe baga live along the atlantic coast of the republic of guinea, in west africathese masks were divided into two groups with the names mosolo kombo and sangaran, each one provided with specific functionsthey form one of the smallest ethnic groups of guinea, and have lived relatively isolated from their neighbours because of the vast swamps surrounding thempolychrome baga mask from the vast collection of tribal art from mrsfurthermore, this piece comes from our prestigious galleries (paris, brussels, london, new-york)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteto be picked up on site in parisserpentiform initiatory sculpture-mask, mainly used by the bulongic (village of kifinda), a baga subgroup from the guinean coast, its size can vary between 1 and 2their design was shaped in an esoteric context, at night in the foresta few cracks, wonderful eroded patina (source: baga, david berliner)although she was excelling in her job in west and central africa and collecting artworks in situ, most of her collection comes however from “curiosity cabinets” which abounded in european capitals during the s
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