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Helmet MaskK2.424

Hollow, brown wood piece of a woman's head with an elaborate coiffure. The thin crescent-shaped eyes each have three grooved lines radiating from the outer side. Has a long, thick nose and a small, compressed mouth. The ears are crescent-shaped. Around the sides of the head, the coiffure has lattice-work features with a bow-tie-like feature at the back. Above, four major rounded features with grooved diagonal lines and a ridge along the middle are evenly spaced all around with another similar feature in between. There is a knob at the top of the head. Around the lower portion of the head, there are four rounded, horizontal bands, the lower three of which go all the way around while the upper one of which terminates at the ears. A horizontal series of holes is around the lower band.

Culture
Mende
Material
wood
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Helmet MaskK2.202

Large, round, wooden helmet mask. Hollow, dark brown-black wood with a small, triangular, frontal face and an elaborate coiffure on top. Slit cut-out semi-oval eyes; oblong nose; small, slit, curved mouth; cross-like mark on each cheek. The ears are crescent-shaped. Around the sides of the head, the coiffure has curvi-linear grooved designs. Above, at either side of the conically-shaped upper portion of the head, there are two u-shaped projections with a taller one at the front and the back. Around the lower portion of the head, there are four rounded, horizontal bands, the lower three of which go all the way around while the upper one of which terminates at the ears. A horizontal series of holes is around the lower band.

Culture
Mende
Material
wood
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Helmet MaskK2.204

Hollow, dark brown-black wood piece that has a small, flat, frontal face with an elaborate coiffure. The cut out semi-oval eyes are heavily lidded with connecting upraised, arched brows above. Has an oblong nose and a small, horizontal, oval mouth. Three vertical tribal sacrification marks are on each cheek. The ears are crescent-shaped. Around the sides of the head, the coiffure has nineteen vertically curved fern-like features with a thinner one to each front side. Above, six other features radiate from along the top of the head, the bottom one on each side of which has a coil-like feature while the middle one on each side of which is carved with a diamond-shaped pattern, and the top one on each side of which is plain. Around the lower portion of the head, there are three rounded, horizontal bands, the lower one of which goes all the way around while the upper two of which terminate at the sides of the face. Two horizontal series of holes are intended for the fibre fringe.

Culture
Mende
Material
wood
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskK2.256

Cylindrical mask made of a bamboo and wood frame. Decorated with leopard skin and red and black checkerboard designs. Four elongated flaps attached to the bottom edge.

Culture
Mende
Material
bamboo grass, wood, fibre and leopard skin
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskK2.224

Mask depicting a stylized humanoid face with a heavy and rounded brow, a straight, wide nose, protruding roughly crescent-shaped eyes, an open mouth with three protruding teeth on the bottom, a small protruding chin, and stylized ears. There are holes pierced through the wood along the bottom edge all the way around the mask, and two vertical elongated rectangular eye holes to the sides of the nose. The cheeks are each marked with three vertical incised lines representing tribal markings.

Culture
Mende
Material
wood and stain
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskK2.246

Mask composed of a dome surmounted by a humanoid figure's head on a series of eight stacked and slightly squashed spheres. Six square stylized faces are carved into the sides of the dome around the helmet and surrounded by geometric motifs. Stained black overall.

Culture
Mende
Material
wood and stain
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK2.209

Cock on egg-like base. The bird has its head bent so that the beak is facing downward. The plump body is decorated with an abstract cross-hatching-lattice-like pattern. There is only one wing, the right wing which extends upward as does the tapering curved tail. Similarly there is only one foot, the right foot with four claws on the the egg-like base. There is only one wing and one foot as the object is flat on the back side. The egg-like base has a curved zig zag design surrounding impressed circles at the centre.

Culture
Mende: Temne
Material
wood
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK2.24

A stone sculpture of two bodies back to back. The smaller body consists of a large face carved with eyes, a nose with nostrils, and an open mouth with five teeth. The larger body consists of a big face carved with eyes, a nose with nostrils, a closed mouth, high cheek bones, short crouching legs, and arms that extend around backward to embrace the smaller body behind it.

Culture
Mende
Material
stone
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Helmet Mask919/1

Large, round, wooden helmet mask. Dark wood with slits carved for the eyes, a flat stubby nose and mouth, with a pair of horizontal lines carved on each cheek, and two rounded ears. It is carved with a large hair headdress with two rounded points, one at either side. There is a vertical row of upward pointing arrow lines in between vertical lines in the middle front of the hair. The sides have a vertical line of downward pointing arrow lines outlined with protruding pyramid-like shapes. The middle of the back also has a vertical row of carved out pyramid shapes. The hair has grooves carved out in between the designed vertical rows.

Culture
Mende
Material
wood
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Helmet Mask1373/13

Dark-brown, round, wooden mask. Cylindrical-shaped female head with small centralized face. Face has heavy eyebrows, slit eyes, and a small incised mouth. Nose is straight and flares out slightly at bottom. From the chin downwards, there are five rings, with the bottom ring perforated by twenty holes. Hair is shown as parted in the middle by a protruding centre braid-like feature and two small braids are found on either side of the head behind the ears. A head band between the braided hair and the forehead is decorated with incised geometric designs. At the back of the head, there are two wider bands.

Culture
Mende
Material
wood and stain
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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