Photographs © Tim Hamill
BAGA, PROTECTIVE SERPENT 15, 46", $900
(***This object is on loan to The Picker Art Gallery at Colgate University.)
BAGA, PROTECTIVE SERPENT, Guinea. The serpent, Kakilambe, is a protective spirit that presides over young men's initiation camps. It appears in the village on ritual days and to announce the return of the boys as men. Some versions are also worn as headdresses.
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