African Art at the
Ralph Proctor GalleryGoddess of Fertility
- country: Guinea
- people: Baga
- medium: wood, metal brads
- size: 31 x 14 x 24 inches
- price: $2,500. SOLD
- item #: RPG0450
This mask, often weighing as much as 50 to 60 pounds and measuring 3 to 4 feet in height, is worn atop the head and shoulders of a dancer. When the mask appears at important rituals, young women throw offerings of rice over the masked dancer, thereby ensuring fertility.