African sculptures, Mende, African masks
BUNDU 'Sowei' MASK This wooden mask is associated with a secret women's society which exists in parts of West Africa, particularly in Sierra Leone and Liberia. It is worn with a black raffia costume, at important public events such as the visit of an important dignitary or the coronation or funeral of an important chief.
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This mask represents the spirit of fecundity and is considered the incarnation of the female waters. The masks always have female characteristics, even when they incarnate the male ancestral spirit.
Mid20th Century Tribal Bundu Mende Mask, Sierra Leone at 1stDibs
Bundu or Sowei Helmet Mask (Ndoli Jowei), Mende, Nguabu Master (Moyamba district, Sierra Leone), late 19th-early 20th century, wood and pigment, 39.4 x 23.5.
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These masks were vetted by Daniel Mato, author (with Charles Miller III) of Sande, masks and statues from Liberia and Sierra-Leone. Condition reports are on each individual page. Bundu (or Sande), a women's association, is almost unique in Africa in that it controls the use of these masks, which embody Sowo, their guardian spirit.
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Helmet Mask (Bundu) Mende peoples. 19th-20th century Not on view View more. Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded. Public Domain. Open Access. As part of the Met's Open.
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Bundu Helmet Mask. Artist/Maker. Mende Artist, Sierra Leone. Date. Late nineteenth-early twentieth century. Medium. Wood and metal. Dimensions. Contact the museum for more information. Credit. Gift of Dr. Milton Mazo and Billy K. Poole in honor of Carol Thompson, Fred and Rita Richman Family Curator of African Art
Bundu / Sowei Helmet Mask (Mende peoples) by Dr. Peri Klemm, Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Christa Clarke The Mende initiation rite for young women is the only known masquerade tradition where the mask-wearers are female. Sowei refers most specifically to medicine—the kind of medicine that female healers/herbalists utilize.
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Description Sowei mask (a) and raffia fringe (b). Carved wooden helmet mask, janus-faced and stained black. The mask has small facial features and the hairstyle is represented by geometric carved patterns. Two large amulets are carved into each side of the head. The mask is surmounted by a representation of a European-style top hat.
A fine Mende Bundu helmet mask
The Bundu mask is a cylindrical shape and the face on it looks rounder than normal. The face seems like it has scarification. The eyes are closed and the face is very serious. The head has some sort of crown or headdress on it. This mask represents the spirit of fecundity and is meant to be the incarnation of the female waters. Mask also.
By convention, masks of the Sande Society of the Mende are called Bundu. The Sande Society dedicates women to the learning of beauty, social usefulness and moral self-realization. This mask, an old and well-worn example, illustrates in its form and iconography what girls in Sande are taught in words i.e. to maintain youthful gracefulness.
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Temne Bundu Mask. The Temne people of Sierra Leone is unusual in having a female secret society with a masking tradition exclusively its own. The Bundu Society uses a-Nowo crest masks during girls' initiation rituals involving adulthood and genital mutilation. The mask represents the Temne conception of an ideal woman.
A fine Mende Bundu helmet mask
Video \(\PageIndex{1}\): Helmet Mask for Sande Society (Ndoli Jowei), Mende peoples, Nguabu Master (Moyamba district, Sierra Leone), late 19th-early 20th century, wood and pigment, 39.4 x 23.5 x 26 cm (Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York)The Mende initiation rite for young women is the only known masquerade tradition where the mask-wearers are female.
Bundu / Sowei Helmet Mask (Mende peoples) Google Classroom About Transcript The Sande Society's helmet mask, a Pan West African tradition, symbolizes the transition of girls to womanhood. Carved by men but worn by women, the mask's features teach values of modesty and morality.
Carved wooden helmet mask used by the exclusively female Sande (Mende) or Bondo/Bundu (Temne) societies. The mask is traditionally worn by a high-ranking member of the society, the dancing sowei, known as the 'ndoli jowei' among the Mende or 'a-Nowo' among the Temne. Worn with a raffia costume, the masks typically have a polished black finish.
A fine Mende Bundu helmet mask
Sande, also known as zadεgi, bundu, bundo and bondo, is a women's initiation society in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and the Ivory Coast. The Sande society initiates girls into adulthood by rituals including female genital mutilation. [1]