Statue
Function: abundance Function Detail: protect village Style: Western Sudan Substyle: West Atlantic Coast. The Baga are a coastal people who live in the transitional area between the styles of the Western Sudan, to the northeast, and of the Western Guinea Coast, to the southeast. Comprising about 60,000 people, they cultivate rice and have been traditionally…
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Informations complémentaires :
- Pays & Régions : Guinée
- Type d'objet : Statuaire
- Thème : Figures debout
- Aire Culturelle :
- Lieu :
- Provenance : The object was collected by Emil Storrer in Guinea in 1952. The Stanley Collection of African Art at The University of Iowa Museum of Art (Stanley:410). Photo credit: photo by Ecco Hart
- Bibliographie, Expositions : The object is illustrated in Hans Himmelheber's study of African art (Himmelheber 1960:127)
- Caractéristiques : Material: wood Size: h 26.75"
