Mende Helmet Mask, Sierra Leone PROVENANCE

Mende Helmet Mask, Sierra Leone PROVENANCE

Mende Helmet Mask, Sierra Leone PROVENANCE

$540.00

Original: $1,800.00

-70%

Mende Helmet Mask, Sierra Leone PROVENANCE—

$1,800.00

$540.00

The Story

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 performances. Mende Peoples, Sierra Leone, West Africa.
Measurement: 15 inches tall
Condition: Fair, weathered, erosion / loss to top finial.
Provenance: The Dr Gilbert Jackson collection, MD.

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Details & Craftsmanship

Every detail has been carefully considered to bring you the perfect product.

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Details & Craftsmanship

Every detail has been carefully considered to bring you the perfect product.

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Details & Craftsmanship

Every detail has been carefully considered to bring you the perfect product.

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Details & Craftsmanship

Every detail has been carefully considered to bring you the perfect product.

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Details & Craftsmanship

Every detail has been carefully considered to bring you the perfect product.

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Details & Craftsmanship

Every detail has been carefully considered to bring you the perfect product.

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Details & Craftsmanship

Every detail has been carefully considered to bring you the perfect product.

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Details & Craftsmanship

Every detail has been carefully considered to bring you the perfect product.

Description

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 performances. Mende Peoples, Sierra Leone, West Africa.
Measurement: 15 inches tall
Condition: Fair, weathered, erosion / loss to top finial.
Provenance: The Dr Gilbert Jackson collection, MD.

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