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123 FIG. 8: Sande Society helmet masks, bundu. Left to right, top to bottom: a. Mende, Sierra Leone. Ex John Dintenfass, New York; Pace Primitive, New York. Wood. H: 37 cm. b. Bassa, Liberia. Ex John Buxton, Dallas; Thomas D. Slater, Indianapolis; Robert M. and Lillian Montalto Bohlen, Andover. Wood, metal, cowrie shells. H: 41.5 cm. c. “Gonde,” Mende or Vai, southwestern Sierra Leone. Ex Pierre & Claude Vérité Collection, Paris; Jacques Germain, Montreal. Wood, pigment. H: 40 cm. d. Gola, Liberia. Collected by Charles Miller III in the 1970s. Ex Merton D. Simpson Gallery, New York. Wood, metal, pigment. H: 47.5 cm. e. Bassa, Liberia. Ex William Siegmann, New York; Galerie Bernard Dulon, Paris. Wood. H: 42.5 cm. f. Mende, Sierra Leone. Ex William Siegmann, New York; Merton D. Simpson Gallery, New York. Wood. H: 31 cm. g. Mende, Sierra Leone. Ex Armand & Corice Arman, New York; Merton D. Simpson Gallery, New York. Wood, metal. H: 33 cm. h. Mende, Sierra Leone. Collected by Charles Miller III in the 1970s. Ex Merton D. Simpson Gallery, New York. Wood, pigment, silver. H: 40 cm. i. Mende (ndoli jowei), Sierra Leone. Attributed to the Master of Nguabu. Ex Eric Robertson, New York; Peter-Michael Boyd, Seattle; Robert and Lillian Bohlen, Brighton; Myron Kunin, Minneapolis, 2008. Wood, pigment, 1943 British West African three pence coin on string. H: 39.4 cm. Photos: Andrea Rossetti. JAVIER PERES


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