Mask
37-22-266
From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Bendu
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | 37-22-266 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Sherbro |
Provenience | Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Bendu |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood |
Description | Min Bondo Le. Wooden. The malar prominences are represented by a strongly marked ridge interrupted by the nose. The chin is well-marked. The coiffure terminates above in a three-fold sagittal crest. Four "neck-rings" interrupted in front by the lower part of the face [cf. 37-22-268]. Damaged right occiputal area. |
Height | 39 cm |
Credit Line | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
Other Number | 292 - Collector Number |
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