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Object Number
37-77-50/2696
Display Title
Large wooden mask.
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
"Du Gli"
Object Description
Large wooden mask. Long, moveable maul, long tubular eyes, angular cheeks and nose. Two rows of patterning on forehead. Reverse: blackened,light weight wood with a smoothly finished surface, hollow for nose, and rectangular holes.
Inventory Description
Carved wooden mask, anthropomorphic, long mouth/snout, moveable jaw.
Classification
- Mask
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Kra
- Ge
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Liberia
/
<State>
/
Kpeiapli
Materials
Wood, Metal, Leather
Dimensions
Overall: 42.3 x 13.5 x 13 cm (16 5/8 x 5 5/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
37-77-50/2696; 34
Provenance
Seller
Dr. George W. Harley
(1936-1937)
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