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Bundu or Sowei Mask

Mende

Artwork Details

Bundu or Sowei Mask
1935-1950
Mende
wood
15 1/2 x 8 x 11 in. (39.37 x 20.32 x 27.94 cm)
Gift of Reginald and Celeste Hodges
2021/2.23

Description

Physical Description:

Wooden full-head mask with small mouth and eyes, a large forehead, and a tall, elaborately braided hairstyle that extends up the head and ends a few inches above the crown. The neck of the mask is a series of three horizontal ridges. There are eye-slats for the wearer beneath the chin of the mask. 

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