Tribal Art & Antiquities - 22nd September 2020
Lot 319
A Mende helmet mask Sierra Leone with a ringed neck and a detailed coiffure including carved...
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £650
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Description
A Mende helmet mask
Sierra Leone
with a ringed neck and a detailed coiffure including carved cowrie shells and a crested and double horned headdress, with two seated female figures wearing masks,
43.5cm high.
Provenance
Joseph Gordon, Randolph Crescent, Edinburgh, died 1969, thence by descent.