Bundu Sande Society Mask (Sowei)

Mende People, Sierra Leone 10 in H 8 in W

Provenance:

Joshua Dimondstein, Los Angeles

Hodosh Family Trust, Malibu

A helmet mask worn as part if a girl’s initiation into womanhood. These type of Bundu masks are the only known masking tradition in Africa created by, and for, women.