Helmet mask

Sowei helmet masque from the sande female society

Mende

19^th or early 20^th century

Wood, vegetal fibers 

Provenances:

- Lore Kegel, Hamburg, Germany, acquired in 1958 

- Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany 

Dimensions : H. 41 cm (with the fibers ca. 75 cm); D. 23 cm x 26 cm

Country : Sierra Leone