Mask
37-22-274
From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Shengge Chiefdom
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 37-22-274 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Sherbro |
| Provenience | Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Shengge Chiefdom |
| Locus | Mokebe |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Kawnggoli. Wooden. Almost circular. The forehead and nose resemble 37-22-262. The ears are prominent, rat-like; the mouth, an elliptical opening surrounded by a continuous ridge. Raphia fibers represent a moustache. For employment see 37-22-262. |
| Height | 36 cm |
| Width | 33 cm |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
| Other Number | 318 - Collector Number |
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