Preprema Mask

This mask is one of a number of examples resembling masks that were originally labelled as Preprema Masks in the Sierra Leone National Museum records, and associated with a Kuranko circumcision cult . They resemble Gongoli masks in size and form, but have several distinctive features including a broad, rectangular nose, a heavy square brow, bulbous forehead and inset eyes. The brow features an incised decorative line that rises to a peak above the nose. The eye-slits of this example are placed at either side of the nose, and it has a half-moon shaped mouth, with rows of teeth.

Further Information

• Type: Masks, headdresses
• Object: Preprema Mask
• Materials: Wood
• Culture Group: Other
• Dimensions: 630mm [H]
• Production Date: Pre 2010
• Associated Places: Unknown
• Associated People: Unknown
• Museum: Sierra Leone National Museum
• Accession Number: SLNM.2010.003.07

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