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BAGA "NIMBA" SHOULDER MASK

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Guinea, west central coast. Of the male Simo Society, a particularly bold, early, large and expressive headress/shoulder mask. This one is similar in numerous ways, age, and power of that shown in Masterpieces of Primitive Art, the Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection, p. 120. Also similar to an example in African Masterpieces in The Musee de L'Homme, Fig. 1. 33-1/2"

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