BAGA/NALU BANDA MASK 1 , Guinea


BAGA / NALU, BANDA MASK 1, Guinea, 71", $3000

Photographs © Tim Hamill

These large, horizontally worn masks, Banda, are used by the nearby and closely related Nalu people. The masks blend features of crocodiles, antelopes, sharks and humans in a very complex, Baroque style. They symbolically guard households, crops and even entire villages. They appear in harvest ceremonies.

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