Mask
29-61-17
From: Sierra Leone | Makeni District | Seli River
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 29-61-17 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Timne |
| Provenience | Sierra Leone | Makeni District | Seli River |
| Locus | South middle Rokell (Seli) River |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Wooden "pull-on" mask of Bundu society. Headdress surmounted by brooding hen on top of head of some animal with pointed snout (anteater?). Lower portion of face of mask repeated. |
| Height | 46.2 cm |
| Width | 24.6 cm |
| Depth | 27 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. L. Buck, 1929 |
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