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Wooden face mask, To Ge Kaogli
Wooden face mask, To Ge Kaogli
Object Number 33-55-50/126
Display Title Wooden face mask, To Ge Kaogli
Descriptions
Indigenous Term "To Ge Kaogli"
Object Description Wooden face mask with bony features and beak. Obverse: Stained black. Reverse: Unstained. Flat with only eyeholes. Appears to be replica.
Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, anthropomorphic, perforated, protruding features, beak
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mande-fu
  • Ge
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 32.2 x 12.5 x 9.2 cm (12 11/16 x 4 15/16 x 3 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 33-55-50/126; To Ge Kaogli
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1933)
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1933)

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