Temne Headdress Mask for the Ordehlay (Ode-Lay) or Jollay Society, Sierra Leone #897 Dean Gle Patina is a medium dark

Patina is a medium dark burnished color and shows minor traces of lacquer over wood

A: 4" long

Handcrafted at Beads of Paradise NY

Materials: Hand cast bronze hand wrapped as a pendant with brass wire

Afghanistan origin ca

Temne Headdress Mask for the Ordehlay (Ode-Lay) or Jollay Society, Sierra Leone #897 Dean Gle Patina is a medium darkTemne Headdress Mask for the Ordehlay (Ode Lay) or Jollay Society, Sierra Leone #897 The Temne, who are related to the Baga, live in small Chiefdoms within Sierra Leone. Villages are socially regulated by Secret Societies such as the male Poro Society and the Female Bondo Association. A Kotu (masquerade builder) created this mask for a Temne Cultural Society, a kind of Mutual Aid Association. These masquerades emerged from Yorb practices transplanted