Bassa Sowei Helmet Mask, Liberia #983 Marie Antoinette and whose functions remain little

and whose functions remain little known

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Bassa Sowei Helmet Mask, Liberia #983 Marie Antoinette and whose functions remain littleBassa Sowei Helmet Mask, Liberia #983 A Bassa Sowei Helmet Mask, Liberia, a beautiful old mask, carved from light wood with a blackened surface, surmounted by a Kalao Bird (Hornbill), abrasions at the nose and the rim, several metal brackets indicate old, authentic repairs. The Bassa Initiation Rite for young Women is the only known Masquerade tradition where the Mask wearers are Female. Sowei refers most specifically to Medicinethe kind of Medicine