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DE BAECQUE et Associés - Paris

48 - Mende helmet mask, Sierra Leone
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Estimate €500 - €700
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Description
Mende helmet mask, Sierra Leone Generally conical in shape; a spherical headpiece set within a circle, surmounting striated palmette motifs. A classical face with half-closed eyelids and a slightly smiling mouth. Heavy wood, black patina H. 31 cm - Diameter 22 cm Missing sections at the back – including one large one – and small cracks Support base Bibliography: ‘Sandé, a secret society for women in Sierra Leone and Liberia’, Christiane Kauer and Claude Michalak, Gourcuff Gradenico, 2022, reproduced on p. 127, fig. 6-36 (inset bottom right) and p. 172, fig. 6-36
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About the sale PRIMITIVE ARTS AND ASIAN ARTS
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Auction time 10/14/2026 at 2:30 PM
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