Baga People, Nimba Fertility Headdress

20th c Baga Nimba Fertility Headdress - Polished hardwood, - drying cracks commensurate with age. 42 x 17 x 12"

A 20th century West African Guinea Baga Nimba fertility mother shoulder headdress depicting a female figure with braided hair and abstracted form representing the ideal woman in society.

Baga people, African (Republic of Guinea), 20th century. Large hand carved wood nimba figural headdress in the form of a woman with prominent nose, jutting chin, geometric patterned hair, rounded ears

African Baga Peoples Carved Wood Shoulder Mask, Depicting Nimba Goddess of Fertility, 20th Century {Dimensions height 60 inches, diameter 32 inches}

Carved Nimba shoulder mask, Baga peoples of Guinea, depicting the goddess of fertility with an elongated bird like head having an incised coiffeur and nail head facial scarification, above a body with

A carved wooden shoulder mask style form and sculpture as the traditional Nimba or Dmba of the Baga peoples, representing femininity and fertility and typically found at agricultural festivities. This

Tall African Baga, Guinea carved wood nimba headdress; with metal overlay and stud embellishments to face and body; H: 45" (approx.)

African carved wood female bust D'Mba Great Mother headdress, Guinea and Guinea-Bissau Baga People, monumental carved wooden sculpture personifying womanhood, 37" h

Baga Peoples, Nimba Shoulder Mask. Guinea West Africa. Dimensions: 34 x 12 x 22 in.

A Baga Nimba style headdress. West Africa. Wood. 20th century. 50" x 17" x 26". Extremely heavy. Condition: Item is very heavy. Back leg is damaged. Accretions, cracks, and wear throughout.

Baga People, Guinea- a-Mantsho-na-Tshol (Serpent headdress)- wood. Large, sinuous headdresses like these evoke a spiritual entity associated with water serpents, and would be affixed to basketry headd

A Baga Wood Nimba Mask or Headdress West Africa, Guinea, 19th-20th Century A.D. Property from the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida Provenance: Gifted in 2001 (Inv. no. T2001.031.048).

20th century, Guinea and Guinea-Bissau, hollow carved wood, polychrome, serpent headdress with large head, round eyes and a chain of incised and colored lozenges along its length, on contemporary stee

WEST AFRICAN MASK (NIMBA) GUINEA (BAGA PEOPLE) LATE 19TH c., EARLY 20th c., WOOD, 44"H W/ SHELL NECKLACE SPIRIT OF INCREASE AND FECUNDITY "MOTHER EARTH"

20th century, African, carved wood with white and black polychrome, form with sinuous curves and undulating contours, supported on a wood base. This lot to be sold on day 1, Wednesday, October 3 (Lot

20th century, African, carved wood with red, black and white polychrome, supported on a metal base. This lot to be sold on day 1, Wednesday, October 3 (Lots 1-948) 61 in. From the Complete and Import

20th century, African, carved wood with tan, black and white polychrome, supported on a metal base. This lot to be sold on day 1, Wednesday, October 3 (Lots 1-948) 52 in. From the Complete and Import

20th century, African, carved wood with red, black and white polychrome, bulbous, undulating headdress, wood base. This lot to be sold on day 1, Wednesday, October 3 (Lots 1-948) 41 in. From the Comp

A shoulder carried Nimba headdress, Guinea, Baga. c.20th century. 37" x 12" x 18".. In most cases the date is a 20th century attribution is an indication of stylistic origin and not a exact date of cr

A shoulder carried Nimba headdress, Guinea, Baga. 20th century. 31" x 12" x 32".. In most cases the date is a 20th century attribution is an indication of stylistic origin and not a exact date of crea

West Africa, Guinea, Baga Peoples, large long nose Nimba wood shoulder mask depicting a woman's with brass tacks applied all over for decoration around carving. Size 27" H x 19" WCollected in 1981. Fa

Lot 168 Nimba figure from Baga peoples, Guinea 33 x 15 x 2 1/2 inches Provenance: Estate of Howard A. Smith purchased at Tribal Arts Gallery, New York in 1972 Nimba figure, carved wood

Nimba Shoulder Mask, Baga People, Guinea, West Africa 20th C. Wood. Size: 30"H x 13"W x 18"D (76 x 33 x 45.5 cm).PLEASE NOTE: All auction items are located in CHICAGO for preview and pick up at 130 N.

This is an enormous carved wooden snake sculpture or headdress from the Baga peoples of Guinea, West Africa. The snake, known locally as Kalimbe, or Bansonyi, refers to a protective spirit manifested