Sangaran
List 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 paulmeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiserpentiform 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)during 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 skirtfrench collection of african art (mrsto be picked up on site in parispolychrome baga mask from the vast collection of tribal art from mrsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storealthough 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 sfurthermore, this piece comes from our prestigious galleries (paris, brussels, london, new-york)duband who is currently retired, she used to be a consultant for a french company in the middle of the 20th centurythey form one of the smallest ethnic groups of guinea, and have lived relatively isolated from their neighbours because of the vast swamps surrounding themplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethese masks were divided into two groups with the names mosolo kombo and sangaran, each one provided with specific functionsthe baga live along the atlantic coast of the republic of guinea, in west africanevertheless, they have left a vast artistic legacy, which includes crests, figurative sculptures, masks and objects of daily use, like musical instrumentscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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