Mask
29-61-23
From: Sierra Leone | Makeni District | Seli River
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | 29-61-23 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
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 figure of cow (head missing), tail laid along its back. The mask has two faces; between them on one side is the figure in relief of some broadtailed, long-necked creature (crocodile?). |
Height | 45 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from J. L. Buck, 1929 |
Other Number | 85795-6 - Other Number |
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