Descripción : Mende Helmet Mask, Sierra Leone
soweii
Wood, black pigment with raffia attachment
Height 16in (40.5cm)
Provenance
Charles D. Miller, III, St. James, New York, collected in the 1970s
Published
Gottschalk, B., Bundu, Busch-Teufel im Land der Mende, Düsseldorf, 1990, field photograph on p. 37 and sowei mask on p. 143 with similar crown and parasol. See also text on p. 138 about the significance of European hats and crowns on top of sowei masks;
Scheinberg, A. and Jefferson, K., She. Images of the Woman in Black African Art, Germans Van Eck Gallery, New York, 1983, p. 13;
Mato, Daniel and Charles Miller, III, Sande: Masks and Statues from Liberia and Sierra-Leone, Gallery Balolu, Amsterdam, 1990, p. 126 - 127
Exhibited
She. Images of the Woman in Black African Art, Germans Van Eck Gallery, New York, New York, 1 November - 3 December 1983
Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, 1995 (Loan Tag No. L.20.1995.8 included)
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Sobre el lote Lote N° 130 Título : Mende Helmet Mask, Sierra Leone Medios : Wood, black pigment with raffia attachment Condition report : Old losses to crown; nicks, abrasions and scratches indicative of age and cultural use.