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Object Number 37-77-50/2747
Display Title Wooden face mask
Descriptions
Indigenous Term "N'na Gli"
Object Description Wooden face mask. Pointed oval, ears, and brows in low relief. Reverse: Smoothly finished with signs of wear, rounded raised faint hollows.
Inventory Description Carved wooden mask, human face, ovoid, incised, perforated, metal.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ge
  • Ni Kwia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia / <State> / Gbutulu / Doba Town
Materials Wood, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 21 x 12.9 x 4.6 cm (8 1/4 x 5 1/16 x 1 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-77-50/2747; 154
Provenance
Owner Tiagliva (1936-1937)
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937 - 1937)
Donor Dr. George W. Harley

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