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Mende Helmet Mask (Bundu/Bondo), Sierra Leone

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Mende Helmet Mask (Bundu/Bondo), Sierra Leone

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Description

Carved Wooden Bundu (Bondo) Helmet Mask, Sande Society, Mende People, Sierra Leone, West Africa.

Traditional crested form surmounted by a diminutive stepped pyramid amulet and compact, triangular face below. Given that the four other examples by this particular carver share these traits, both the unusually tall crests and pyramidal amulet seem to be their hallmarks.

Additional carving at interior-top probably for insertion of medicine bundle though the near absence of wear indicates this mask was virtually unused.

An example by the same carver exhibiting significant wear was sold by Sothebys in 1977. It's in part because of this date that it's plausible to assume a carver working in the 1940s or 1950s.

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Private collection, New York

Condition

Cracks along formal right side of the face as pictured. Abraded/worn natural pigmentation/color overall. Extremely fine, thin-walled carving with cracks along formal right side of the face.

Dimensions

17 x 8 x 10 in

Weight

2 lb

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Mende Helmet Mask (Bundu/Bondo), Sierra Leone

Name: Mende Helmet Mask (Bundu/Bondo), Sierra Leone
SKU: 147234369
Price: 150 USD
Availability: InStock

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