Mask
37-22-276
From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island
Curatorial Section: African
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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