MENDE BUNDU HELMET MASKS ARCHIVES, Sierra Leone

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MENDE / TEMNE Mask 40 17" high 19th C. SOLD

MENDE Mask 61 15.75" high mid.- late 20th C. SOLD

MENDE Mask 50 15.75" high first half 20th C. SOLD

MENDE Mask 60 15.25" high mid. 20th C. SOLD

MENDE Mask 64 13" high mid.- late 20th C. SOLD

MENDE Mask 56 15" high first half 20th C. SOLD

MENDE Mask 80 18.5" high last half 20th C. SOLD

MENDE Mask 81 14.75" high last half 20th C. SOLD

MENDE Mask 54 17.5" high first half 20th C. SOLD

MENDE Janiform Mask 63 16.5" high mid.- late 20th C. SOLD

MENDE Mask 66 14.75" high late 20th C. SOLD

TOMA Mask 55 13" high first half 20th C. SOLD

MENDE Mask 65 16" high late 20th C. SOLD

MENDE Mask 53 15" high first half 20th C. SOLD

MENDE Mask 62 17.5" high mid.- late 20th C. SOLD

MENDE Mask 46 17" high first half 20th C. SOLD

TEMNE / GOLA / VAI Mask 41 15.5" high 19th - early 20th C. SOLD

MENDE Mask 57 15" high first half 20th C. SOLD

TEMNE / GOLA / VAI Mask 41 15.5" high 19th - early 20th C. SOLD

MENDE Mask 43 15.5" high 19th - early 20th C. SOLD

GOLA Mask 44 13" high early 20th C. SOLD

MENDE Mask 45 13" high early 20th C. SOLD

MENDE Mask 46 17" high first half 20th C. SOLD

GOLA Mask 48 15.5" high first half 20th C. SOLD

GOLA Mask 48 15.5" high first half 20th C. SOLD

MENDE Mask 59 16.75" high mid. 20th C. SOLD

MENDE Mask 51 15.5" high first half 20th C. SOLD

MENDE Mask 67 15.5" high mid.- late 20th C. SOLD

MENDE Mask 68 11.75" high mid.- late 20th C. SOLD

MENDE Mask 69 16" high mid.- late 20th C. SOLD

MENDE Mask 84 14" high first half 20th C. SOLD

MENDE Mask 82 15" high late 20th C. SOLD

MENDE Mask 83 14" high late 20th C. SOLD

MENDE Mask 47 14" high first half 20th C. SOLD

MENDE Mask 52 15.5" high first half 20th C. SOLD

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MENDE Masks 2 with Raffia Collars

GOLA / VAI Mask 70 14 -31" high mid.- late 20th C. SOLD

MENDE Mask 72 18 - 40" high mid.- late 20th C. SOLD

MENDE Mask 75 14 - 30" high first half 20th C. SOLD

MENDE Mask 77 14 - 28" high first half 20th C. SOLD

BASSA Mask 73 15 - 26" high mid.- late 20th C. SOLD

MENDE Mask 76 13 - 26" high early 20th C. SOLD

MENDE Mask 75 14 - 30" high first half 20th C. SOLD

Mende Mask 3 SOLD		Mende Mask 5 SOLD	Mende Mask 8 SOLD	Mende Mask 9 SOLD
Mende Mask 10 SOLD	Mende Mask 11 SOLD	Mende Mask 12 SOLD	Mende Mask 13 SOLD	Mende Mask 15 SOLD

Mende Mask 16 SOLD	Mende Mask 17 SOLD	Mende Mask 19 SOLD	Mend Mask 20 SOLD	Mende Mask 14 SOLD
Mende Mask 21 SOLD	Mende Mask 22 SOLD	Mende Mask 24 SOLD	Mende Mask17 SOLD	Mende/Vai Mask 27 SOLD

Mende Mask 28 SOLD

Mende Mask 23 SOLD

Mende/Vai Mask 25 SOLD

Mende Mask 26 SOLD

Mende Mask 31 SOLD

Bundu (or Sande), a women's association, is almost unique in Africa in that it controls the use of these masks, which embody Sowo, their guardian spirit. The masks usually include an elaborate hairstyle and attempt to represent serene feminine beauty, with high foreheads, small, compressed facial features, and voluminous neck-rings, depicting the desirable full-figured woman. Originally all had a dark raffia collar and were worn with a full, dark costume of raffia on cloth.