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English: Helmet Mask (Zogbe) for Sande Society   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
English: Helmet Mask (Zogbe) for Sande Society
Description
English: Wooden helmet mask framed by intricate coiffure. Bulbous forehead projects as a ridge over facial features: eyes as 2 incised slits (one slightly higher than the other); blocklike nose, wider at base than at top; mouth as a lightly incised depression in area of chin which swells outward; ears at sides as inverted c-forms with a raised ridge. Coiffure; series of six ridged lobes of hair-resembling horns that extend from the crown to the sides of the head and taper to a point at the tips; surface ridges take on a herringbone-like configuration; 2 knoblike protrusions at either end (front and back-back knob perforated by a circular hole); series of parallel horizontal holes around perimeter of base. Color: black Condition: Good. Proper right side: break in surface between 1st and 2nd lobes of hair patched with a piece of tape painted black. Crack along contour of 1st lobe of hair also patched with tape. 2 cracks in surface of crown. Slight chipping off of coiffure tips, proper left side of nose.
Date
English: early 20th century
Dimensions 13 x 9 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. (33 x 23.5 x 23.5 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q632682
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Credit line Gift of Drs. John and Nicole Dintenfass
Notes
  • Culture: Liberia
  • Place made: Liberia
Source/Photographer Online Collection of Brooklyn Museum; Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1992.135.1_print_front_bw.jpg
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