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Wooden face mask
Object Number 33-55-50/125
Display Title Wooden face mask
Descriptions
Indigenous Term "To Gbo Si Ge"
Object Description Wooden face mask. Rounded countours with pointed chin, slit eyes, no nose, and open mouth. No holes. Appears to be copy.
Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, anthropomorphic, perforated, protruding features
Classification
  • Mask
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ge
  • Mande-fu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 24.5 x 13.7 x 11.1 cm (9 5/8 x 5 3/8 x 4 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 33-55-50/125
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1933)
Donor Dr. George W. Harley (1933)

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