Mende helmet mask, Sierra Leone - Lot 40

Lot n° 40
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Mende helmet mask, Sierra Leone - Lot 40
Mende helmet mask, Sierra Leone A headdress topped by a central crest adorned at the front and back with spheres and two horns (the tips of which were once broken); on the sides, two semicircular decorations adorned on the inside with chevron patterns. The forehead is incised with two lines of sunken scarification marks; large, closed eyelids; small, slightly parted mouth. Wood, black patina H. 39 cm - Diam. 22 cm A hole in the forehead due to age, cracks on the left side, and a crack (with indigenous repair) on the crest Support base Bibliography: “Sandé, a Secret Women’s Society in Sierra Leone and Liberia,” Christiane Kauer and Claude Michalak, Gourcuff Gradenico, 2022, reproduced on pp. 126, fig. 6-32, A-B (bottom vignette), p. 171, Fig. 6-32
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