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Sowei Mask
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Sowei Mask

Maker Unknown, Mende
MediumPigment, wood
Dimensions34.5 H x 18 W x 23.5 D cm
Credit LineGift of Armand & Corice Arman
Object numberAF2003.19.ARM
DescriptionSande initiation society, Sowei mask with elaborate hairdo, shallow relief carving in hair area.
ClassificationsCeremonial
Exhibitions
Gender and Society in Africa
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Three-quarter view
Unknown, Mende
Three-quarter, proper left view
Unknown, Mende
Three-quarter, proper left view
Unknown, Mende
Three-quarter, proper right view
Unknown, Mende
Front view
Unknown, Mende
Overall view
Unknown, Yoruba
Overall view
Unknown, Yoruba, Egbabo
Three-quarter, proper right view
Unknown, Igbo (Ibo)
Front view
Unknown, Igbo (Ibo)
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