A SENUFO HELMET MASK, of hemispherical form, the carved horns each with four applied white metal bands, a female figure seated upon a crescent each side obscuring part of the serrated median crest, some applied bands and circles of cowrie shells, two swags and two long pendants of cowrie shells together with fifteen paired cowries on coloured beaded tassels attached to the border, cloth panel with sewn cowrie shells pendent at the back, from the Boundiali region | Christie's

Lot 70

A SENUFO HELMET MASK, of hemispherical form, the carved horns each with four applied white metal bands, a female figure seated upon a crescent each side obscuring part of the serrated median crest, some applied bands and circles of cowrie shells, two swags and two long pendants of cowrie shells together with fifteen paired cowries on coloured beaded tassels attached to the border, cloth panel with sewn cowrie shells pendent at the back, from the Boundiali region

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A SENUFO HELMET MASK, of hemispherical form, the carved horns each with four applied white metal bands, a female figure seated upon a crescent each side obscuring part of the serrated median crest, some applied bands and circles of cowrie shells, two swags and two long pendants of cowrie shells together with fifteen paired cowries on coloured beaded tassels attached to the border, cloth panel with sewn cowrie shells pendent at the back, from the Boundiali region
35cm. high without attachments

Lot Essay

Boundiali lies about one hundred kilometres west of Korhogo. The female figures probably represent the bush spirit mandeo

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