BAGA STYLE PROTECTIVE SERPENTS ARCHIVES, Guinea

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Baga Style Snake 32 56" high SOLD

Baga Style Snake 51 85" high SOLD*

Baga Style Snake 7 46" high SOLD

Baga Style Snake 10 39" high SOLD

Baga Style Snake 38 68" high SOLD

Baga Style Snake 11 49" high SOLD

Baga Style Snake 13 47" high SOLD

Baga Style Snake 15 46" high SOLD

Baga Style Snake 40 79" high SOLD

Baga Style Snake 54 81" high SOLD

Baga Style Snake 31 78" high SOLD

*Donated to Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA

Baga Snake1 SOLD

Baga Snake 2 SOLD

Baga Snake 4 SOLD

Baga Snake 5 SOLD

Baga Snake 20 SOLD

Baga Snake12 SOLD

Baga Snake14 SOLD

Baga Snake18 SOLD

Baga Snake 21 SOLD

Baga Snake 22 SOLD

Baga Snake 23 SOLD

Baga Snake 33 SOLD

Baga Snake 26 SOLD

Baga Snake 27 SOLD

Baga Snake 28 SOLD

Baga Snake 29 SOLD

Baga Snake 34 SOLD

Baga Snake 3 SOLD

Baga Snake 36 SOLD

Baga Snake 37 SOLD

Baga Snake 41 SOLD

Baga Snake 43 SOLD

Baga Snake 44 SOLD

Baga Snake 45 SOLD

Baga Snake 46 SOLD

Baga Snake 47 SOLD

Baga Snake 48 SOLD

Baga Snake 49 SOLD

Baga Snake 42 SOLD

Baga Snake 58 SOLD

Baga Snake 39 SOLD

Baga Snake 6 SOLD

Baga Snake 50 SOLD

Baga Snake 52 SOLD

Baga Snake 53 SOLD

Baga Snake 55 SOLD

Baga Snake 56 SOLD

Baga Snake 59 SOLD

Baga Snake 57 SOLD

Baga Snake 17 SOLD

Baga Snake 24 66" high SOLD

Baga Snake 9 56" high SOLD

Baga Snake 16 65" high SOLD

Baga Snake 25 62" high SOLD

Baga Snake 60 81" high SOLD

Baga Snake 30 75" high SOLD

Baga Snake 61 62" high SOLD

Baga Snake 19 78" high SOLD

Baga Style Snake 8 49" high SOLD*

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Photographs © Hamill Gallery

The serpent, Kakilambe, is a protective spirit that presides over young men's initiation camps. It appears in the village on ritual days and to announce the return of the boys as men. Most versions, even the very large ones, were worn as headdresses.

We recommmend Art of The Baga: A Drama of Cultural Reinvention by Frederick Lamp (Museum for African Art/Prestel).

Baga Nimba , Baga Serpent and Baga/Nalu Banda headdresses
at Art Institute of Chicago.