Mask

37-22-265

From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Bonthe | Yoni

Curatorial Section: African

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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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