Mask
37-22-265
From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Bonthe | Yoni
Curatorial Section: African
Native Name | Min Bondo Le |
Object Number | 37-22-265 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Sherbro |
Provenience | Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Bonthe | Yoni |
Date Made | 1900-1925 |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood |
Description | Min Bondo Le. Wooden. The face is broad, hexagonal; the mouth repeats, at a very small distance the acute angle of the chin. The coiffure is crowned by a five-fold sagittal crest. Two "neck rings", interrupted by the lower part of the face: cf. 37-22-268. |
Height | 42 cm |
Credit Line | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
Other Number | 112 - Collector Number |
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