Mask
29-61-21
From: Sierra Leone | Makeni District | Seli River
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | 29-61-21 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Timne |
Provenience | Sierra Leone | Makeni District | Seli River |
Locus | south of the middle Rokell (Seli) River |
Period | Early 20th Century |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood | Tin | Black Pigment |
Description | Helmet mask of Bundu society. Headdress surmounted by three sagittal crests, their edges faced with tin. The middle crest supports a flat plaque, its upper face covered with tin. Strips of tin on each side of head and across forehead. |
Height | 41 cm |
Width | 20.3 cm |
Depth | 22.8 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from J. L. Buck, 1929 |
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