Mende and Vai
Sande Society Helmet Mask (Ndoli Jowei)
Mende or Vai, 1900-1932
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Wood, 38 H x 19.6 W x 21.5 D cm.
Credit Line
Gift of Bernice Barth, Los Angeles
Object Number
2001.419
Surmounted by a folded serpent's body with head protruding between two sagittal crests; three rings around back of neck; coiffure with upper register of vertical lines and lower register of two rows of squares each divided into three triangles.
