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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