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Mende Helmet Mask Sande mask from Sierra Leone in West Africa

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division

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Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits collection realia

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Mende Helmet Mask Sande mask from Sierra Leone in West Africa

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Title
Mende Helmet Mask Sande mask from Sierra Leone in West Africa
Collection

Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits collection realia

Dates / Origin
Date Created: undated
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division
Shelf locator: Sc Art (Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits collection), AF95.001.9
Genres
Masks
Notes
Content: Herskovits number 1164; Style: naturalistic ; stylized Composition: 3-D round ; domed ; facial features compressed in lower ; front center ; herringbone pattern of coiffure nearly 1/2 of surface frontal space
Date: n.d., acquired 1982
Physical Description
Extent: Hand-carving ; incising : wood ; paint ; black ; smooth ; 30 x 17.6 x 22 cm
Extent: Helmet: 15 1/2 x 9 x 9 1/2 inches. Raffia skirt: 6 x 36 x 39 inches (front to back)
Description
Mende Helmet Mask Sande mask from Sierra Leone in West Africa, in situ, in the The Polonsky Exhibition of The New York Public Library's Treasures, circa 2023.
Type of Resource
Three dimensional object
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11527179
NYPL Exhibition ID: TL 20.01.WOM03
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 65325b80-c633-012f-a289-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • : Created
  • 2023: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division, The New York Public Library. "Mende Helmet Mask Sande mask from Sierra Leone in West Africa" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c1af8e70-67c7-013c-a97f-0242ac110004

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division, The New York Public Library. "Mende Helmet Mask Sande mask from Sierra Leone in West Africa" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 28, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c1af8e70-67c7-013c-a97f-0242ac110004

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division, The New York Public Library. Mende Helmet Mask Sande mask from Sierra Leone in West Africa Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c1af8e70-67c7-013c-a97f-0242ac110004

Wikipedia Citation

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Mende Helmet Mask Sande mask from Sierra Leone in West Africa