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Image Not Available for Wooden Poro face mask
Wooden Poro face mask
Image Not Available for Wooden Poro face mask
Object Number 33-55-50/129
Display Title Wooden Poro face mask
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden face mask.
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ge
  • Mande-fu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Materials Wood
Label on object X
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1933)
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1933)

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Raw Material
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