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Premium DE BAECQUE et Associés - Paris
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Mende helmet mask, Sierra Leone
See original version (French)
43
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Mende helmet mask, Sierra Leone
See original version (French)
Estimate €600 - €900
Voluntary lot
Description
Mende helmet mask, Sierra Leone
A headdress topped by a truncated pyramid surrounded by a row of beads; the lower part is decorated with ribbed leaf motifs and the same pyramidal patterns. The back is adorned with various geometric motifs. The figure has a very broad forehead tapering down to a tiny face, with half-closed eyes. These proportions lend the mask a sense of serene calm.
Wood, thick matt black patina
H. 33 cm – D. 22 cm
Some visible damage due to age and wear
Supporting plinth
Bibliography:
‘Sandé, a secret women’s society in Sierra Leone and Liberia’, Christiane Kauer and Claude Michalak, Gourcuff Gradenico, 2022, reproduced on p. 101 (full page) fig. 6–8, p. 102 (detail), fig. 6–8 B, and p. 168, fig. 6–8
See original version (French)
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