These masks are worn by senior female officials, sowei, of a society known as Sande among the Mende, (Bundu among Vai, Temne, and Bassa), The only known female use of wooden masks in sub Saharan Africa, they depict an idealised view of feminine beauty and morals taught to girls during initiation. Sierra Leone. Mende. 20th c

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