Mask
37-22-263
From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Yoni
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 37-22-263 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Sherbro |
| Provenience | Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island | Yoni |
| Locus | Mobul |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Nggoloi. Wooden. On the model of the Bondo masks. The coiffure is surmounted by two figures representing a man and a woman. At each side of the forehead an antelope's horn is carved obliquely on the surface of the coiffure. The Nggoloi is a "secret" society admitting both men and women. It is now principally concerned with conjuring tricks and dancing. See 37-22-276. |
| Height | 51 cm |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
| Other Number | 77 - Collector Number |
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