Mask
37-22-266
Location: On Display in the Africa Galleries
From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Bendu
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 37-22-266 |
| Current Location | Africa Galleries - On Display |
| Culture | Sherbro |
| Provenience | Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Bendu |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Min Bondo Le. Wooden. The malar prominences are represented by a strongly marked ridge interrupted by the nose. The chin is well-marked. The coiffure terminates above in a three-fold sagittal crest. Four "neck-rings" interrupted in front by the lower part of the face [cf. 37-22-268]. Damaged right occiputal area. |
| Height | 39 cm |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
| Other Number | 292 - Collector Number |
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