BAGA / NALU, BANDA MASK 3, Guinea, 46", $1500
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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