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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Senufo Wooden Degele Helmet Mask, 1900 CE - 1930 CE
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Senufo Wooden Degele Helmet Mask, 1900 CE - 1930 CE
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Senufo Wooden Degele Helmet Mask, 1900 CE - 1930 CE

Senufo Wooden Degele Helmet Mask, 1900 CE - 1930 CE

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5.25 x 29
PF.4991
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In funeral ceremonies, the performers wearing helmet masks (always in pairs) appear at night before the initiated arrive. Some of the helmets fit over the head, while others, such as...
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In funeral ceremonies, the performers wearing helmet masks (always in pairs) appear at night before the initiated arrive. Some of the helmets fit over the head, while others, such as this very handsome example, are placed on top of the head attached to a cloth covering. The abstract figure (Deguele) depicts a female with large, pointed breasts. An extension from the waist serves as a loincloth, duplicated in a smaller version around the neck. The use of coils for the waist and neck are a distinct and very clever characteristic of Senufo sculpture. The head ornament is comprised of three vertical “prongs” and three conical “bundles” descending in diminishing order down the back of the neck. Scarification in a checkerboard pattern runs horizontally from the ears. Her heart-shaped face is very serene, with fine slits for eyes that could be either closed or open, and puckered lips that appear about to speak. She seems like an oracle on the verge of making a pronouncement of importance to her people, gathered together for a great ceremony.
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