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Wooden face mask
Object Number 33-55-50/124
Display Title Wooden face mask
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden face mask. Pointed oval, forehead welt, slit eyes. No holes. Obverse: blackened. Reverse: Unstained, flat with eye slits. Appears to be a replica.
Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, human face, ovoid, incised, perforated
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mande-fu
  • Gio
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 22.2 x 12.8 x 4.1 cm (8 3/4 x 5 1/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 33-55-50/124; [female symbol]; Gio [rest obscured]
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1933)
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1933)

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