African Baga Nimba Guinea Fertility Mother Headdress

A 20th century West African Guinea Baga Nimba fertility mother shoulder headdress depicting a female figure with braided hair and abstracted form representing the ideal woman in society.

Baga, Nimba, display version (not hollowed) of a Great Shoulder Mask, Guinea, representing the mother of fertility, protector of pregnant women, presides over all agricultural ceremonies. Used in danc

20th c Baga Nimba Fertility Headdress - Polished hardwood, - drying cracks commensurate with age. 42 x 17 x 12"

Tall African Baga, Guinea carved wood nimba headdress; with metal overlay and stud embellishments to face and body; H: 45" (approx.)

WEST AFRICAN MASK (NIMBA) GUINEA (BAGA PEOPLE) LATE 19TH c., EARLY 20th c., WOOD, 44"H W/ SHELL NECKLACE SPIRIT OF INCREASE AND FECUNDITY "MOTHER EARTH"

A shoulder carried Nimba headdress, Guinea, Baga. c.20th century. 37" x 12" x 18".. In most cases the date is a 20th century attribution is an indication of stylistic origin and not a exact date of cr

A shoulder carried Nimba headdress, Guinea, Baga. 20th century. 31" x 12" x 32".. In most cases the date is a 20th century attribution is an indication of stylistic origin and not a exact date of crea

African carved wood female bust D'Mba Great Mother headdress, Guinea and Guinea-Bissau Baga People, monumental carved wooden sculpture personifying womanhood, 37" h

A Baga Wood Nimba Mask or Headdress West Africa, Guinea, 19th-20th Century A.D. Property from the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida Provenance: Gifted in 2001 (Inv. no. T2001.031.048).

Baga people, African (Republic of Guinea), 20th century. Large hand carved wood nimba figural headdress in the form of a woman with prominent nose, jutting chin, geometric patterned hair, rounded ears

Carved Nimba shoulder mask, Baga peoples of Guinea, depicting the goddess of fertility with an elongated bird like head having an incised coiffeur and nail head facial scarification, above a body with

Guinea Baga carved & painted wood alligator Nimba D'mba headdress shoulder mask, 44" l

AFRICAN MASK, BAGANIMBA NEW GUINEA, BLUE & WHITE FACE, RAFFIA COLLAR, APPROX 15" X 12", SKU9312

A group of 2 African objects. 20th century. ++ Baga Nimba shoulder mask. Guinea ++ Indonesian style figure. Provenance: Inventory and Collection from the Estate of Merton D. Simpson.

A Baga Nimba style headdress. West Africa. Wood. 20th century. 50" x 17" x 26". Extremely heavy. Condition: Item is very heavy. Back leg is damaged. Accretions, cracks, and wear throughout.

Tall African Baga, Guinea polychrome and carved wood bansonyi (serpent) headdress; H: 63 1/2" (approx.)

African Baga, Guinea polychrome and carved wood bansonyi (serpent) headdress; H: 27 3/4" (approx.); with stand

African Baga, Guinea polychrome and carved wood bansonyi (serpent) headdress; H: 27 3/4" (approx.); with stand

Baga Nimba mask - Guinea - Boke - h. 116cm - mid.20th C.

Three various African headdresses, including: carved wood Dogon, Mali helmet mask, exhibiting four seated couples in high relief to exterior; carved wood probably Baga, Guinea/Conakry headdress of fem

African Baga Peoples Carved Wood Shoulder Mask, Depicting Nimba Goddess of Fertility, 20th Century {Dimensions height 60 inches, diameter 32 inches}

A standing Nimba Baga female figure Guinea, Baga 20th century. 22 1/2"h. Provenance: Collection of Stephen R Primoff, Houston, TX

Baga People, Guinea- a-Mantsho-na-Tshol (Serpent headdress)- wood. Large, sinuous headdresses like these evoke a spiritual entity associated with water serpents, and would be affixed to basketry headd

Baga, Guinea, "Nimba" shoulder mask , mid 20th Century, elaborately carved, with ridged coiffure and protruding breats, 52"h