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Helmet mask "sowei" ("ndoli jowei" / "nòwo"), Sierra Leone, Mende, Size: H: 35 cm (H: 13.8 inch), ID: 3051621
Helmet mask "sowei" ("ndoli jowei" / "nòwo"), Sierra Leone, Mende, Size: H: 35 cm (H: 13.8 inch), ID: 3051621 - 2/5 Helmet mask "sowei" ("ndoli jowei" / "nòwo"), Sierra Leone, Mende, Size: H: 35 cm (H: 13.8 inch), ID: 3051621 - 3/5 Helmet mask "sowei" ("ndoli jowei" / "nòwo"), Sierra Leone, Mende, Size: H: 35 cm (H: 13.8 inch), ID: 3051621 - 4/5 Helmet mask "sowei" ("ndoli jowei" / "nòwo"), Sierra Leone, Mende, Size: H: 35 cm (H: 13.8 inch), ID: 3051621 - 5/5
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Lot 262
Auction 104

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

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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.

The object Helmet mask “sowei” (“ndoli jowei” / “nòwo”) with the object ID 3051621 was last part of the auction Auction 104 at April 12, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 262.

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