Helmet Mask
Fringe
| Object Number: | 37-22-267B |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Africa Galleries Currently On Display |
| Culture: | Sherbro |
| Provenience: | Sierra Leone Sherbro Island Sitia Chiefdom Yoni |
| Section: | African |
| Materials: | Wood Fiber |
| Height: | 43 cm |
| Credit Line: | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
| Other Number: | 147 - Collector Number |
Description
Min Bondo Le. Wooden. The face is quadrangular, strongly prognathous, the eyes markedly oblique. Near the top of the coiffure are carved two horns [goat's or antelope's]; between them a bird with an aquiline beak perched on its nest [?]. Four "neck rings", the upper two interrupted in front by the lower part of the face.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Africa Galleries: From Maker To Museum (16 Nov 2019) | View Objects in Exhibition |
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