Sowei Mask

This is recorded as Sowei Mask: a wooden helmet mask, used by the exclusively female Sande (Mende) or Bondo/Bundu (Temne) societies. This example is, however, unusual, and might, rather, have been carved for sale.

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Further Information

• Type: Masks, headdresses
• Object: Sowei Mask
• Materials: Wood
• Culture Group: Mende
• Dimensions: 430mm [H] x 250mm [W] x 240mm [C]
• Production Date: Pre 1949
• Associated Places: Unknown
• Associated People: M. Henderson; Wilfred Henderson
• Museum: British Museum
• Accession Number: BM:Af.1949.34.1

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