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Description:
Temne Polychrome Carved Wood Head Crest Mask, Sierra Leone, used in Ode-lay society festivals, a Janus mask with a female face in back of a leopard head, with another animal head on top, (wood loss),22 1/2 x 14 in.
Literature: Published in Masks from West and Central Africa: A Celebration of Color and Form (Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2013).
Exhibitions: Free Library Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2011: More Than a Pretty Face: Masks from West and Central Africa from the Rosen Collection.
Estimate $100-150
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Keywords
Central Africa, West Africa, Polychrome Carved Wood Head, leopard head, Sierra Leone, animal head, Free Library Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Schiffer Publishing Ltd.Kerry Shrives
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