MENDE SANDE SOCIETY HELMET MASKMendeSande Society helmet mask from Sierra Leone; measures approximately 17" tall; please refer to photographs for condition.
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VAI SANDE SOCIETY HELMET MASKVai SandeSociety Helmet mask from Liberia (Sierra Leone) with small head and wicker head piece; measures approximately 16" tall; please refer to photographs for condition.
The masks...
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(3) OLD AFRICAN CARVED TRIBAL FIGURES,EX-MUSEUM Painted museum accession numbers to all, including a Mende Peoples, Sierra Leone, female figure, 22"h (incl. stand); Chamba Peoples, Nigeria, male figure, 16.5"h...
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AFRICAN MENDE BUNDU CARVED WOOD HELMETMASKAfrican tribal carved wood helmet mask (Bundu), Mende peoples, Sierra Leone, West Africa, high-domed coiffure, small face with delicate features, triangular-shaped chin,...
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AFRICAN MENDE WOMAN'S FULL HELMET WOODMASKAfrican carved wood full helmet mask, Mende people, Sierra Leone, worn exclusively by women, particularly by women of the Sande Society, devoted to initiate women coming...
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A Group of Three Helmet Masks from Tribesof West Africa
20TH CENTURY
including a Helmet Mask from the Mende people of Sierra Leone, and a Gelede Mask and an Egungun Mask from the Yoruba people.
Height of tallest...
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SIERRA LEONE MENDE PEOPLE CARVED ANDINCISED WOOD HELMET MASK INCISED WOOD HELMET MASK, facial features surmounted by a stylized coiffure, h: 17 x dia: 9 in....
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AFRICAN INITIATION HELMET MASK, MENDE,CIRCA 1900 Mende Peoples, Panguma, Sierra Leone, Pore Hale Society, carved wood with seeds pressed into tar for hair (seeds mostly gone), scarification, off fringe beard,...
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AFRICAN MENDE BUNDU / SOWEI WOOD HELMETMASK African Bundu / Sowei helmet mask, likely Mende people of Sierra Leone, possibly 20th century, hand-carved wood with stacked human images of male and female figures....
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MENDE PEOPLES, 'SOWEI' HELMET MASK 20thc., Sierra Leone, dark patina wood, conical mask carved as a female head, stacked ball coiffure over broad forehead and diminutive facial features, on custom black metal stand,...
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MENDE PEOPLES, 'SOWEI' HELMET MASK 20thc., Sierra Leone, dark patina wood, carved as a female head, the coiffure surmounted by a small turtle, 15"h x 8.5"dia...
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Good Mende Peoples Sande AssociationHelmet Mask, Sierra Leone/Liberia, the wood head with tall elaborately carved hairdo, tall forehead and constricted facial features, the neck with rolls of fat and carved...
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