Temne Headdress Mask for the Ordehlay (Ode-Lay) or Jollay Society, Sierra Leone #897 Dean Gle Dogon Rare Double Grainary Ring

Dogon Rare Double Grainary Ring

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

In Ibibio culture it is said that a doer of evil deeds will become a ghost like Idiok Ekpo

37mm x 15mm

Afghanistan origin ca

Temne Headdress Mask for the Ordehlay (Ode-Lay) or Jollay Society, Sierra Leone #897 Dean Gle Dogon Rare Double Grainary RingTemne 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