Animal Head

This wooden animal head is recorded by the Sierra Leone National Museum as an antelope head, but may also be a leopard. It has an open mouth, and rows of teeth cut from a sheep of metal. It has been painted red, with white spots. It may originally have been used as part of a Hunting Society masquerading costume, worn atop the head.

Further Information

• Type: Figures, sculpture
• Object: Animal Head
• Materials: Wood, Metal
• Culture Group: Krio
• Dimensions: 254mm
• Production Date: Pre 1964
• Associated Places: Freetown
• Associated People: Samuel Cassel (Carver)
• Museum: Sierra Leone National Museum
• Accession Number: SLNM.1964.42.02

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