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Object Number 30-36-50/B4848
Display Title Wooden face mask
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden face mask with forehead pad and incised bands around mouth. Lightweight wood with white daubs on face. Many large round holes. Reverse: blackened. Possibly Mano.
Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, human face, ovoid, incised, cloth headband, painted, holes
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Pessy
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Additional Geographic Terms Liberia, Interior
Materials Wood, Cloth
Dimensions Overall: 23.3 x 15.4 x 6.3 cm (9 3/16 x 6 1/16 x 2 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B4848
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1930)
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1930)

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