Sowei Mask

late 1800s

Culture

Mende

Locale

Africa

Country

Sierra Leone

Object

mask

Medium

wood

Accession Number

1949.4178

Credit Line

Native Arts acquisition fund

Mende artist, Sowei Mask, late 1800s. Wood; 17 x 7 ¾ x 8 ¾ in. Denver Art Museum: Native Arts acquisition funds, 1949.4178. Photography © Denver Art Museum

Dimensions

height: 17 in, 43.1800 cm; width: 7 3/4 in, 19.685 cm; depth: 8 3/4 in, 22.225 cm

Department

Native Arts

Collection

Arts of Africa

This object is currently on view

Known Provenance

Sierra Leone, before 1931. Collection of Gustaf Wilhelm Bolinder [1888-1957], by 1931; gift, Statens Etnografiska Museum, Stockholm, 1931; exchange, Denver Art Museum, 1949.

Exhibition History

"The Nature of Looking: The Spiritual in Art", Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO, September 23, 2000-January 14, 2001