Helmet mask

Description

Helmet mask of blackened wood, Janus-form Bundu type, with four fat rings around neck and elaborate coiffure in panels simulating cowrie shells surmounted by five radiating flanges: West Africa, Sierra Leone, Mende people

Museum reference

A.1950.277

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Helmet mask

Production information

Sierra Leone, Western Africa

Style / Culture

Mende

Materials

Wood

Physical description

Blackened wood

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Helmet mask

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