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Souvenir in the form of a Sande Society Helmet Mask

Bassa, 1900-1966

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Bassa

Souvenir in the form of a Sande Society Helmet Mask

Bassa, 1900-1966

Physical Qualities Wood, 6 x 3.2 x 3.1 cm.
Credit Line Gift of Stephen J. Ludwig, Towson, Maryland
Object Number 2000.85
with four sagittal crests, facial features within an isosceles triangle, and a cylindrical neck with no rings
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2000; purchased between 1968 and 1970 in Monrovia from African traders by the donor, who was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Liberia at the time.

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2000–2000

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