Accession No
Z 20497
Description
Helmet mask of dark-stained wood, portraying female head with elaborate hair ornament and neck rolls. Scarification marks on cheeks and circular decoration across forehead. Possibly of the Sande society.
Place
Africa; West Africa; ?Sierra Leone
Period
Source
Rumann, William Bernhard [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 20497
Cultural Affliation
Mende
Material
Wood
Local Term
Measurements
426mm
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Labelled 'Loan, 74, W.B. Rumann.' No indication of provenance, but resembles 27.2028, a mask known to come from the Mendi of Sierra Leone.
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Context (Related Documents)
Ink drawing on reverse of catalogue card.
Event Date 29/3/2000
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Conical mask of dark-stained wood, portraying human head on high collar; face is crude, with marks on cheeks and forehead. Hair/head-dress is elaborately carved, culminating in three crests running fore-and-aft. At the base of the mask are a series of small holes.
Event Date 29/3/2000
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
'Wood very light, much lighter than 1927.2028. Plugged holes in crests. Rachel Hand 24/9/2001
Event Date 24/9/2001
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Description (Physical description)
Helmet mask of dark-stained wood, portraying female head with elaborate hair ornament and neck rolls. Scarification marks on cheeks and circular decoration across forehead. Possibly of the Sande society.
Event Date 9/9/2021
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:125892
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