Mask

37-22-266

From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Bendu

Curatorial Section: African

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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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