Sculpture
37-22-277
From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Shengge
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 37-22-277 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Sherbro |
| Provenience | Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Shengge |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Iconography | Female |
| Description | Wooden. Of the Bondo mask type. Four "neck rings" [see 37-22-268], the uppermost interrupted by the lower part of the face. The coiffure is simple and realistically typical: a central crest or lobe flanked by two others which extend in two plaited or twisted tresses at the back of the head. The modelling of the ears is more realistic than usual. This head was probably used in the same way as 37-22-278; see also 37-22-275. |
| Height | 23 cm |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
| Other Number | 321 - Collector Number |
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