Mende Women's Helmet Mask
Located in Chicago, IL
This helmet mask created by the Mende people of Sierra Leone was made for the women of their tribe to wear while dancing.
Category
Mid-20th Century Sierra Leonean Tribal Masks
Materials
Wood
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Mende Sowei Bundu Helmet Mask, Sande Society, Sierra Leone
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carved from a single piece of hardwood, this Sowei helmet mask represents the Sande society's ritual use among the Mende people of Sierra Leone. The helmet-form base features a carve...
Category
20th Century Sierra Leonean Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Mende Mask, " Carved Wooden Mask created in Sierra Leone c. 1930
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Masks are the collective Mind of Mende community; viewed as one body, they are the Spirit of the Mende people.
Category
1930s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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African Mende Helmut Mask
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Carved Helmut masks of this type were made by the Sande society of the Mende people of Sierra Leone, Africa for use in masquerades by young women in initiation rites on their passage...
Category
20th Century Sierra Leonean Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Sierra Leone Indigo Blanket
Located in Portland, ME
The Mende people of Sierra Leone were famous for their weaving's , called kpokpo.
Category
20th Century Sierra Leonean Quilts and Blankets
Carved Limestone Nomoli Figurative Pot from the Mende People of Sierra Leone
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Carved Limestone Nomoli Figurative Pot from the Mende People of Sierra Leone
Located in Central England, GB
These fascinating pieces were produced by the Mende people and are usually found buried on Mende land, now known as Sierra leone.
Category
Antique Mid-17th Century Sierra Leonean Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
African Mende Helmet Mask
Located in Chicago, IL
This helmet mask created by the Mende people of Sierra Leone was made for the women of their tribe to wear while dancing.
Category
Mid-20th Century Sierra Leonean Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Mid-20th Century Tribal Bundu Mende Mask, Sierra Leone
Located in New York, NY
Crafted to represent the idealized woman, it would have been used in initiation ceremonies for young girls entering the all-female Sande Hale community, a medicine society of the Men...
Category
Mid-20th Century Sierra Leonean Tribal Masks
Materials
Wood
Rare Wooden African Helmet Mask from Mende Sande Society Tribe
Located in Sarasota, FL
The sand society governs and makes decisions among the Mende people. The helmet is worn in a dance for desirable females to wed.
Category
Early 20th Century Sierra Leonean Tribal Art
Mende Helmet Mask from Sierra Leone
Located in Cambridge, MA
A Sande society helmet mask from the Mende people of Sierra Leone, ca. 1950. Unusual in that it is one of the few ritual masks worn by African women.
Category
Vintage 1950s Sierra Leonean Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Mende Helmet Mask
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Carved Helmut masks of this type were made by the Sande society of the Mende people of Sierra Leone, Africa for use in masquerades by young women in initiation rites on their passage...
Category
20th Century Sierra Leonean Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
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