A Mende Bundu Female Initiation mask, African Art

A Finely carved wooden helmet mask with elaborate coiffure and stylized facial features. Such masks were worn exclusively by the women of the Sande society during initiation ceremonies. Mende peoples,

A original carved wooden helmet style mask from the Mende peoples of Sierra leone, West Africa. This is a wonderful old field used example of the only matriarchal masking tradition in all of Africa,..

A truly Ancient and eroded carved wooden "Bundu" mask from the Mende peoples, Sierra Leone, West Africa ( likely 19th Century.) The mask measures 12 x 8 inches. A durable display stand can be included

A finely carved helmet style mask from the Mende peoples of Sierra leone, West Africa. This is a lovely example featuring diminutive face, tall finial, elaborate coiffure and the traditional "neck rol

A Fine Bundu Female initiation mask from the Mende peoples and the Sande Society, Sierra leone, West Africa.Carved wood, measures 16.5 inches tall x 9 inches wide.A metal display stand can be included

A carved wooden Bundu or Sowei Mask for the Sande Female society initiation dances of the Mende peoples. Carved wood with stylized face and form, adorned with long raffia grass to cover the dancer.Sie

A carved wooden helmet style mask from the Mende peoples of Sierra leone, West Africa. The mask features traditional "neck rolls" representing wealth , a finely carved "top knot" coiffure with geometr

A lovely carved wooden helmet mask with exquisite facial features , elaborate coiffure and avian & serpent figures as the top finial. The mask was carved from a single piece of wood and is perhaps the

Helmut Mask (Bundu Society) mid to late 20th Century, carved wood with black patination, 14.5 inches tall. Provenance: De-accession from The Boca Raton Museum of Art

Sierra Leone. Female initiation mask, height 14 inches.

carved wooden mask from the Mende peoples of Sierra leone, West Africa. carved from a light weight darkened wood, with a very elaborate carved face and coiffure. Such helmets are worn by the Bundu soc

A Lovely carved wooden helmet style mask with traditional carved coiffure, diminutive face and neck rolls. Mende peoples, Budu society initiation mask, Sierra Leone, West Africa. The mask Measures 14

The mask is carved wood, not too heavy , but also not the very light weight wood used on more commercial examples. The Artist was commissioned to carve a mask for a Young Girls initiation and apparent

Mende Dance headdress for women's initiation (Bundu Society) Blackened wood measures 13.5" x 9" x 8" Conical helmet mask representing head of a woman with an elaborate hair arrangement and small wide

A carved wooden helmet mask with elegant female face and stylized form and features. The Bundu masks are danced by female initiates into the Sande society. Mende peoples, Sierra leone, West Africa. Th

A Finely carved wooden helmet mask with elaborate coiffure and stylized facial features. Such masks were worn exclusively by the women of the Sande society during initiation ceremonies. Mende peoples,

African Mende Ceremonial Wood Tribal Female Helmet Mask. Carved from a single piece of wood, striking helmet mask has an elaborate hairstyle and ringed neck. Wonderful piece of ethnographic art to dis

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 carv

Africa, Liberia or Sierra Leone, Mende people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A large and skillfully carved wooden Bundu mask used during ceremonies associated with the Sande female societies

Africa, Sierra Leone, Mende, ca. mid 20th century CE. A large Bundu mask, skillfully carved from a solid hardwood, reminiscent of the type used during ceremonies associated with the Sande female socie

Bundu or Sowei mask for women's Sande society, Mende people, Sierra Leone and Liberia, West Africa, danced with by women in a matriarchal society, depicting the idealization of female beauty, includin

Bundu or Sowei mask for women’s Sande society, Mende people, Sierra Leone and Liberia, West Africa, danced with by women in a matriarchal society, depicting the idealization of female beauty, includ

This is a very old and impressive wooden mask from the Toma peoples of Guinea, Sierra leone and even into Liberia, West Africa. Carved wooden mask with hand hammered metal work designs and three large

A beautiful carved wood and textile mask with painted designs and overall elaborate style. The mask has a large and full raffia grass coiffure and measures 24 x 20 inches ( approximately ) Yaka people