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Very beautiful mask helmet of the Mende ethnos group in Sierra Léone and Guinea.
This mask was usually used by a women's secret society, Sandé, for ceremonies, during the exercise of justice, funerals and initiation.
Ancient janus mask, indigenous repairs.
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Only when you have crossed the river, can you say the crocodile has a lump on his snout. 
