Mask

Object/Artifact

-

Purdue University Galleries

Name/Title

Mask

Entry/Object ID

2006.13.09

Description

Mende Bundu Helmet Mask

Acquisition

Accession

2006.13

Source or Donor

Thomas D. Slater

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Thomas D. Slater

Made/Created

Date made

1950 - 2000

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

Sierra Leone

Continent

Africa

Culture/Tribe

Mende

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Mask, Ritual

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Religious Objects

Nomenclature Class

Ceremonial Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

16-3/4 in

Width

8-1/2 in

Material

Wood

Exhibition

Shrouds, Masks, And The Floating World: Selections From The Permanent Collection (2009)

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Descriptive Label

Label

"Mende people of Sierra Leone. It is not clear what the highly stylized disk-shaped form that surmounts the hair crest represents. It is reminiscent of parasols found on other masks. The coiffure is especially elaborate and the black raffia very thick."