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Baga Bird

Baga a-Bamp Bird Headdress with Canoe
Located in Chicago, IL
This graceful sculpture of a long-necked bird is a headdress known as "a-Bamp," worn during ritual
Category

Mid-20th Century Guinean Tribal Animal Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Baga a-Bamp Bird Headdress with Canoe
Baga a-Bamp Bird Headdress with Canoe
H 43.25 in W 11.75 in D 18 in
Anok Bird Sculture Mask African Art Baga People
Located in Palm Springs, CA
An antique Baga anok or elek carved wood mask sculpture, with bird and human face form elements
Category

Early 20th Century Guinean Sculptures

Materials

Wood

"French Guinea Baga Machole Bird, " Carved and Painted Wood created circa 1980
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This bird sculpture was created by an unknown Baga artist in French Guinea. The bird's head is
Category

1980s Folk Art Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paint

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Huge Ethnographic Wood Carved Pair Bird Sculptures- Tycoon Provenance
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Impressive scale pair of 32 “ high. exotic large African wood baga bird ethnographic carved
Category

Mid-20th Century African Folk Art Animal Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Early 20th Century Baga Bird Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
The Baga believed birds to be powerful protectors of the harvest and wards against witchcraft
Category

Early 20th Century Guinea-Bissauan Animal Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paint

Early 20th Century Baga Bird Sculpture
Early 20th Century Baga Bird Sculpture
H 40.25 in W 9.25 in D 10.5 in
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