Mask
| Object Number: | 37-22-276 |
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| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Sherbro |
| Provenience: | Sierra Leone Sherbro Island |
| Section: | African |
| Materials: | Wood |
| Height: | 44 cm |
| Credit Line: | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
| Other Number: | 274 - Collector Number |
Description
Wooden. Head with excavated base of the general type of Bondo masks. This, however, has a quite individual appearance due probably to its having been made by an amateur. The nose is sharply hooked, and is bevelled to a sharp edge throughout its length; the mouth is an abrupt relief at the extreme lower tip of the pointed face. There is one steep-sided neck ring in the middle of the otherwise simple column of the neck. The simple coiffure has a double crest.
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