MSSU African Art Exibit : The MSSU African Art collection features a variety of authentic works of art from various tribes located throughout Central Africa. The objects in the collection range from mundane day to day grooming tools to ritualistic masks and statues.
Title:
Bassa, Gela Mask
Object Name:
Mask, Gela, Wood
Other Name:
Mask, Bassa
Place of Origin:
Bassa, Liberia, Africa
Provenance:
Aboriginal Indigenous Art.



Description:
Carved wooden Gela mask. Large rowed coiffure, with slit pierced eyes, long rectangular—shaped nose, and circular mouth.
Collection:
Marianne Keown Collection
Material:
Wood
Used:
Domestic Use
Technique:
Carving
Owned:
Art Department, Missouri Southern State University
Accession#:
2015.3.36
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