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Helmet-style mask depicting a woman’s head; black exterior, adorned with antelope horn and cloth covered bundles attached to top, silver/ aluminum diadem; blackened raffia collar.
Zogbe
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Zogbe

Artist Sierra Leonean Artist
Datec. 1940
MediumWood, metal, cloth, duiker horn, cotton string, unidentified medicinal substances, cloth, patination from libations; raffia, black pigment
Dimensionswith raffia: 35 x 8 x 9 in. (88.9 x 20.3 x 22.9 cm)
16 x 8 x 9 in. (40.6 x 20.3 x 22.9 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of John Warne Monroe and Wendie Ellen Schneider
Object number2022.24
Collections
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