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Sande society costume
Gola, Mende or Vai
1950s-1960s
Object Place: Liberia
Medium/Technique
Cotton and raffia
Dimensions
Height x width: 104.1 × 74.9 × 4.4 cm (41 × 29 1/2 × 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Margarete L. Wells
Accession Number2017.4650
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Africa and Oceania, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
Provenance1975, sold by a collector named Fagalde, Monrovia, Liberia, to Lou and Margret Wells, Boston; 2017, year-end gift of Margret Wells to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 21, 2018)