Gola
Sande Society Helmet Mask (Zogbe)
Gola, 1900-1932
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Gola
Sande Society Helmet Mask (Zogbe)
Gola, 1900-1932
Physical Qualities
Wood, 45 x 22 x 24.5 cm.
Credit Line
Gift of Catherine O'Carroll Bussell and Robert Bruce Bussell, Arlington, Virginia
Object Number
1998.453
Female ancestral mask in helmet shape with coiffure in the form of a tier of three double-side crests surmounted by an anvil shape; broad face in inset diamond shape with further inset lower half; two square holes at mouth area; three rings around the back of the neck.
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.
