Helmet mask "sowei" - Sierra Leone, Mende
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Description
wood, matt greyish black patina, unusual "sweet" features with laughing mouth, ornamental eyebrows, scarifications and coiffure, especially elaborate worked, superstructure in shape of four identical formed seated female figures, slightly dam., cracks, missing parts (arm of a sitting figure), abrasion of paint
H: 41 cm, H: 16,1 inch
Provenance:
Mary Sue & Peter Paul Rosen, USA
Published in:
Rosen, Mary Sue & Peter Paul, Masks from West and Central Africa, A Celebration of Color and Form, Atglen, ill.. 35
Lit.: Philips, Ruth B., Representing woman, Los Angeles 1995, p. 85 ff.
Continent: Africa
H: 41 cm, H: 16,1 inch
Provenance:
Mary Sue & Peter Paul Rosen, USA
Published in:
Rosen, Mary Sue & Peter Paul, Masks from West and Central Africa, A Celebration of Color and Form, Atglen, ill.. 35
Lit.: Philips, Ruth B., Representing woman, Los Angeles 1995, p. 85 ff.
Continent: Africa
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Helmet mask "sowei" - Sierra Leone, Mende
Estimate €1,500 - €3,000
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