Nimba shoulder mask.
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Nimba shoulder mask. ++ A Nimba shoulder mask, Guinea, Baga style. 20th century. 46 1/2" x 18" x 24,
Provenance: The Inventory and Collection from the Estate of Merton D. Simpson. Simpson inventory #9615. Depending on the Baga subgroup, this mask was either made to dance during ceremonies associated with the cereal cycle, or participated in rites of passage or in funerary rituals. 'The grooves carved on both sides of the ridges of the coiffure evoke fields filled with the promise of food' (Anne van Cutsem-Vanderstraete, Les ailleurs culinaires" in L'art de manger, 2014, p. 36). This mask appears to have been made for sale.
Provenance: The Inventory and Collection from the Estate of Merton D. Simpson. Simpson inventory #9615. Depending on the Baga subgroup, this mask was either made to dance during ceremonies associated with the cereal cycle, or participated in rites of passage or in funerary rituals. 'The grooves carved on both sides of the ridges of the coiffure evoke fields filled with the promise of food' (Anne van Cutsem-Vanderstraete, Les ailleurs culinaires" in L'art de manger, 2014, p. 36). This mask appears to have been made for sale.
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Nimba shoulder mask.
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