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Object Number 33-55-50/128
Display Title Wooden face mask
Descriptions
Indigenous Term "Pa Sua"
Object Description Wooden face mask. Pointed oval with forehead welt. No holes. Obverse: blackened. Reverse: Unstained, flat, eyeslits. Appears to be replica.
Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, human face, ovoid, incised, perforated
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ge
  • Mande-fu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 22.6 x 12.8 x 4.3 cm (8 7/8 x 5 1/16 x 1 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 33-55-50/128; [female symbol]; Paisu
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1933)
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1933)

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