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Sowei Mask
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Sowei Mask

Maker Unknown, Mende
MediumFiber, horn, pigment, shell, wood
Dimensions18” H x 8 1/2” W 11” D
Credit LineGift of Armand & Corice Arman
Object numberAF2003.20.ARM
DescriptionSande initiation society. Sowei mask with three-lobed hairdo representing female genitalia and thus female powers of reproduction It has elaborate hair, semicircular slit eyes; medicine packets attached at top.
ClassificationsCeremonial
Exhibitions
Gender and Society in Africa
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Three-quarter, proper left view
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