Facial Mask
Mende · Sierra Leone
Reference: MFANT-66
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- Height
- 30 cm
- Material
- Wood, fabric, and pigments.
Dark mask, almost black, belonging to a male society. It has an old fabric headdress covering the back of the head, on which comes a kind…
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Dark mask, almost black, belonging to a male society. It has an old fabric headdress covering the back of the head, on which comes a kind of round wood crest. Front pumped and scarification in the temples. Cut teeth. The face, bright, looks like a gesture of cocentration. Probably an initiation mask.
Further technical information
- Attributed period
- Mid-century XX or earlier.
- Recorded weight
- 1 g
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Sierra Leone. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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