Female D'mba Figure
Baga Artist, Guinea

Details
Title
Female D'mba Figure
Artist/Maker
Baga Artist, Guinea
Date
Nineteenth century
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
26 x 7 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches
Credit
Fred and Rita Richman Collection
Accession #
2002.284.2
On View
Currently not on view
These two d’mba figures share the same profiles as the headdresses of the masquerades performed during Baga weddings and on other joyous occasions. For the Baga people living on the small tropical islands of coastal Guinea, d’mba is an abstract concept encompassing all that is good and beautiful in the world; it stands for a new state of being and new aspirations. This concept is embodied in both male and female figures.
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