Mask
29-61-21
From: Sierra Leone | Makeni District | Seli River
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 29-61-21 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Timne |
| Provenience | Sierra Leone | Makeni District | Seli River |
| Locus | south of the middle Rokell (Seli) River |
| Period | Early 20th Century |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Tin | Black Pigment |
| Description | Helmet mask of Bundu society. Headdress surmounted by three sagittal crests, their edges faced with tin. The middle crest supports a flat plaque, its upper face covered with tin. Strips of tin on each side of head and across forehead. |
| Height | 41 cm |
| Width | 20.3 cm |
| Depth | 22.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. L. Buck, 1929 |
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