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Kissi

Currency Rod

Kissi, Early 20th century

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Kissi

Currency Rod

Kissi, Early 20th century

Physical Qualities Iron, 43.1 x 7.8 x 0.4 cm.
Credit Line Gift of Catherine O'Carroll Bussell and Robert Bruce Bussell, Arlington, Virginia
Object Number 1998.469
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1998; collected in Liberia between 1923-1929 by the parents of donor (Bruce Bussell): Conrad Turner Bussell and Pauline Bussell. Mr. Bussell was sent by the U.S. Government under President Calvin Coolidge to survey the boundaries of Liberia. He was, instead, made Supervisor of Customs by President Charles Dunbar Burgess King of Liberia, and later made Financial Advisor to President King. Mrs. Bussell arrived in 1926.

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Kissi
Currency Rod
Early 20th century