Mask

37-22-276

From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 37-22-276
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Sherbro
Provenience Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island
Section African
Materials Wood
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.

Height 44 cm
Credit Line Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937
Other Number 274 - Collector Number

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