Mask, Baga, Wood, carved in one piece and decorated with pigment of ochre, black and yellow, with the jaw of a crocodile, a decorated human face, a chameleon tail and a coiled serpent, early 20th century, National Museum of Scotland. https://www.nms.ac.uk/search-our-collections/collection-search-results?entry=331267
Headdress carved from one piece of wood with the jaw of a crocodile, a decorated human face, a chameleon tail and a coiled serpent, this Banda headdress reflects the powerful inter-relationship between the human and the natural world, worn in performances to protect the community from impending dangers from the animal and human world: Africa, West Africa, Guinea or Sierra Leone, Baga people, early 20th century
