3 UMMA Objects
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Oval black face mask articulated, protruding angular mouth, nose, and eyes with eye slits. The figure has cowrie shells at the top of the forehead with braided raffia hair on either side of the head and bells beneath the chin. 
Dan
Poro Mask
20th century
Gift of Reginald and Celeste Hodges
2021/2.25
Bust with head, shoulders, and partial right arm. The figure has articulated eyes, ears, mouth, and chin. The right arm is bent at the elbow. 
Mende (Mende)
Nomoli Figurine
1400 – 1599
Gift of Reginald and Celeste Hodges
2021/2.24
Wooden full-head mask with small mouth and eyes, a large forehead, and a tall, elaborately braided hairstyle that extends up the head and ends a few inches above the crown. The neck of the mask is a series of three horizontal ridges. There are eye-slats for the wearer beneath the chin of the mask. 
Mende (Mende)
Bundu or Sowei Mask
1935 – 1950
Gift of Reginald and Celeste Hodges
2021/2.23
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