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Title: A Baga a-tshol Shrine Figure Guinea ritual figure

Description: Among the culturally related Baga and Nalu peoples, these sacred objects were considered as guardians of the clan and had a protective function."Tshol" were displayed at celebrations for a successful harvest, worn as horizontal headpieces at dances associated with male initiation and appear at funerals. When not in use, they were kept at shrines and sacrifices were made to them.
Guinea is a country in West Africa, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean.Animal horns filled with magical ointments and powders are said to have been inserted into the openings on the head of the object to give the "Tshol" supernatural powers. The combination of human features with a distinctive bird beak was significant. Birds, the Baga believe, can fly between heaven - the world of spirits, and earth - the world of man.
H.24.5 in . x L. 33 x D.6 in , age difficult to established , After gaining independence from the French in 1958, Guinea was taken over by an Islamic-Marxist government. Surviving icons of the Baga’s animistic religion were destroyed, practices were outlawed as part of a ‘’demystification’’ program, and Guinean nationalism replaced

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