Mask
37-22-271
Location: On Display in the Africa Galleries
From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Bonthe | Yoni
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 37-22-271 |
| Current Location | Africa Galleries - On Display |
| Culture | Sherbro |
| Provenience | Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Bonthe | Yoni |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Fiber |
| Description | Min Bondo Le. Wooden. The coiffure is surmounted by six representations of antelope horns disposed in pairs sagittally; the middle pair is surmounted by a device resembling a stepped pyramid. The mask is two-faced. There is the usual black-dyed raphia fringe. See Min Bondo le [37-22-268, 269]. |
| Height | 40 cm |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
| Other Number | 111 - Collector Number |
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