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Dealer: Reflections of Yesteryear
Contact: Betty Brooks - Email Dealer
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Price: $345.00 USD  - Currency Converter

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Description: AFRICAN ARTIFACTS: SEWI (sowo-wui) HELMET MASK OF THE BUNDI SOCIETY – Mende People of Sierra Leone. This is a “Sande Secret Society Headdress.” The rolls of fat under the chin depict a sign of beauty, good health, & wealth. Measurements are 15" x 19" 3 lbs,6.8 oz. NOTE: THESE ARTIFACTS ARE FROM AN ESTATE IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND. In order to provide the most acdurate information, in addition to what accompanied the artifacts, I confered with the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution. Each artifact is listed as “IN THE STYLE OF” (ARTICULATED EXAMPLES OF 20th. CENTURY EXOTIC DÉCOR).
Status: For Sale Reference#: 07AF08_7
Condition: VERY GOOD Year: 20TH. C.


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