Visions from the Forests: Bagle mask, called Slu (“Hawk”)

Bagle mask, called Slu (“Hawk”) / National Museum of African Art
March 4, 2014
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Bagle mask, called Slu (“Hawk”) / National Museum of African Art

Liberia (Nyor Diaple): Tompieme (active 1960–80) Bagle mask, called Slu ("Hawk"), c. 1965 (Dan) Wood, metal, feathers. National Museum of African Art, Bequest of William Siegmann in memory of Philip Ravenhill

This mask is among the objects on display in "Visions from the Forests: The Art of Liberia and Sierra Leone" at the SMithsonian's National Museum of African Art, beginning April 9, 2014.