MENDE FEMALE INITIATION MASK

MENDE FEMALE INITIATION MASK

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Lot 390
MENDE FEMALE INITIATION MASK

20th century
stained wood
30 cm (h)

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3 000 CZK
| 125 €

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Wooden helmet mask of the sowei type, traditionally associated with the female Sande initiation society in Sierra Leone and surrounding regions. Masks of this type were used during initiation and other ceremonies of the Sande society. West Africa, probably Mende.

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