Female D’mba Figure
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Female D’mba Figure
Artwork Details
Artist/Maker
Baga Artist, Guinea
Date
Nineteenth century
Medium
Wood
Accession #
2002.284.2
Dimensions
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Location
Currently Not on View
Description
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.