Comic Mask (gongoli)

Artist Mende artist

Datemid-20th century

Associated withAfrica

MediumWood, pigment, and raffia

Dimensions(including raffia): 41 × 18 × 10 1/2 in. (104.1 × 45.7 × 26.7 cm)

ClassificationsWood

Credit LineGift of Reginald and Celeste Hodges

Object number2019.13.11

On View

On view

ProvenancePurchased in Bo, Sierra Leone by Reginald Hodges, 1975, and believed to have performed for Queen Elizabeth’s visit to Bo, 1961; given to NCMA, 2019.

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