Sande society mask (sowei)
late 19th-early 20th century
Mende
Arts of Africa
- Maker/Artist
- Mende
- Classification
- Masks
- Formatted Medium
- Wood, pigment, metal
- Locations
- Place made: Nguabu, Southern Province, Sierra Leone
- Dimensions
- 15 1/2 x 9 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (39.4 x 23.5 x 26 cm)
- Departments
- Arts of Africa
- Accession Number
- 74.64
- Credit Line
- Carll H. de Silver Fund
- Exhibitions
- African Innovations, Disguise: Masks and Global African Art, Double Take: African Innovations
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
- Museum Location
- This item is not on view
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