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Object Number 37-77-50/2701
Display Title Wooden face mask
Descriptions
Indigenous Term "Bo k˜u Gli"
Object Description Wooden face mask. Oval with forehead welt, triangular lips, and holes for teeth. Reverse: angled lateral edges, hollows at features, and smooth black finish.
Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, human face, ovoid, incised, perforated.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ge
  • Kra
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia / <State> / Kpeiapli
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 20 x 14 x 4.8 cm (7 7/8 x 5 1/2 x 1 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-77-50/2701; 74
Provenance
Donor Dr. George W. Harley

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