Helmet mask "sowei" ("ndoli jowei" / "nòwo"), Sierra Leone, Mende, Size: H: 35 cm (H: 13.8 inch), ID: 3051621

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3051621

Helmet mask "sowei" ("ndoli jowei" / "nòwo") · Sierra Leone, Mende · ID: 3051621

Price EUR 1,000

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance

Provenance

Austrian Private Collection, Salzburg
Kurt Rauner, Salzburg, Austria (1993)

Size

H: 35 cm

H: 13.8 inch

Description

wood,

An unusual and original version of a “sowei” mask, carved with a kind of colonial helmet.

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