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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