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(86 x 79 cm)
Dogon 19th Century Iron Shrine Marker 1
both in history and in devotion
Sierra Leone
geometric patterns flanked by the zigzag top and bottom peripheries
Mende Helmet Mask, Sierra Leone PROVENANCE Stacey Abrams Ornament 50% OFF SALE (86 x 79 cm)Mende Helmet Mask, Sierra Leone with PROVENANCE A Carved wooden helmet type mask worn by leaders of the All Female Society during the initiation of young women into adulthood. The Mende Culture of Sierra Leone would wear helmet masks which are carved with symbolic features that endow the wearer with spiritual powers endowed with the Transcendence Of Idealized Femine Beauty. Senior Members of the Sande Initiation Society may have worn this work in
