Wood, pigment, fabric, leather, shells, glass, assorted mixed media
Type:
Mask
Geography:
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Date:
2016
Description:
Multi-part masquerade costume made from a wooden superstructure and a fabric body covering depicting a horned quadruped surmounted by a woman carrying a man on her shoulders on the mask crest; numerous mixed-media elements attached at the costume’s back and sides.
Provenance:
United Brothers and Sisters of Sierra Leone, 2018-2019
Created and performed in Freetown, Sierra Leone ca. 2016
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