Large African Carved Baga 'Bansonyi' Snake Headdress

West African, Guinea, 20th century, hand-carved and polychrome painted wood, depicting the physical manifestation of a-Mantsho-ña-Tshol in the form of a boa constrictor, mounted atop an ebonized wood base, unsigned.

77 x 12 x 12 in.

From the Estate of the late Dr. Larry Bridge, Albemarle, North Carolina

Scattered surface soiling and abrasions.