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Liberian Helmet Masks of the Sande and Poro Societies
from the Collections of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology

 

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Mask

Mask c. 1940-1957
Mende, Gola, or Vai
Liberia
gumwood, shoe polish
Collection of the Phoebe A. Hearst
Museum of Anthropology,
University of California, Berkeley
5–5834
L2010.0401.002
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Mask 

Mask c. 1940-1957
Kpelle or Gola
Liberia
gumwood, shoe polish
Collection of the Phoebe A. Hearst
Museum of Anthropology,
University of California, Berkeley
5–5836
L2010.0401.003
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Mask    

Mask c. 1940-1957
Gola or Kpelle
Liberia
gumwood, shoe polish
Collection of the Phoebe A. Hearst
Museum of Anthropology,
University of California, Berkeley
5–5838
L2010.0401.005
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Mask  

Mask c. 1940-57
Vai
Liberia
gumwood, stain
Collection of the Phoebe A. Hearst
Museum of Anthropology, University
of California, Berkeley
5–13054
L2010.0401.022
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Mask  

Mask c. 1950-67
Gola
Liberia
gumwood, stain
Collection of the Phoebe A. Hearst
Museum of Anthropology, University
of California, Berkeley
5–6254
L2010.0401.012
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Mask 

Mask c. 1950-67
Gola or Vai
Liberia
gumwood, stain
Collection of the Phoebe A. Hearst
Museum of Anthropology, University
of California, Berkeley
5–6255
L2010.0401.014
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Mask 

Mask c. 1950-67
Gola or Vai
Liberia
gumwood, stain
Collection of the Phoebe A. Hearst
Museum of Anthropology,
University of California, Berkeley
5–6260
L2010.0401.019
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Mask 

Mask c. 1950-67
Vai
Liberia
gumwood, stain
Collection of the Phoebe A. Hearst
Museum of Anthropology,
University of California, Berkeley
5–11718
L2010.0401.021
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Mask 

Mask c. 1940-57
Vai
Liberia
gumwood, stain
Collection of the Phoebe A. Hearst
Museum of Anthropology,
University of California, Berkeley
5–13054
L2010.0401.022
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Mask 

Mask before 1985
Mende or Gola
Liberia
gumwood, stain
Collection of the Phoebe A. Hearst
Museum of Anthropology,
University of California, Berkeley
5–15242
L2010.0401.024
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