Artworks · Baga

Helmet Mask (Banda or Kumbaduba)

1925 · Wood and pigment

156.3 × 35.6 × 33.1 cm (61 1/2 × 14 × 13 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Shrine Figure (a-Tshol, Elëk, or ma-Tshol)

1875 · Wood

58.7 × 26.7 × 80.1 cm (23 1/8 × 10 1/2 × 31 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Snake Headdress (a-Mantsho-ña-Tshol or Inap)

1875 · Wood and pigment

237.5 × 31.2 × 52.1 cm (93 1/2 × 12 1/4 × 20 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

a-Bil-ña-Tshol (medicine canoe) headdress

1870 · Wood, pigment

H. 7 1/2 × D. 3 × L. 88 1/16 in. (19.1 × 7.6 × 223.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Zigiren-wöndë (young bride) headdress

1870 · Wood, metal

H. 30 13/16 in. × W. 8 in. × D. 8 in. (78.3 × 20.3 × 20.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

D’mba (great mother) headdress

1870 · Wood

H. 46 1/2 in. × W. 13 3/4 in. × D. 23 in. (118.1 × 34.9 × 58.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

D’mba (great mother) figure

1870 · Wood

H. 25 1/2 × W. 7 3/8 × D. 10 1/8 in. (64.8 × 18.7 × 25.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Female Headdress (Nimba, D'mba, or Yamban)

1850 · Wood and pigment

119.4 × 33 × 59.1 cm (47 × 13 × 23 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

a-Tshol (medicine) shrine figure and headdress

1800 · Wood, iron, leather

H. 23 1/2 in. × W. 9 3/4 in. × D. 37 in. (59.7 × 24.8 × 94 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

a-Mantsho-ña-Tshol (master of medicine) headdress

1800 · Wood (Vitex doniana), pigment

H. 77 1/2 in. × W. 8 3/4 in. × D. 12 in. (196.9 × 22.2 × 30.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art