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Object Number 37-77-50/2710
Display Title Wooden face mask
Descriptions
Indigenous Term "Zo Va"
Object Description Wooden face mask. Large features with open maul. Carved patterning on forehead and tubular eyes. Reverse: blackened smooth, lightweight wood.
Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, anthropomorphic, perforated, protruding features
Classification
  • Mask
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ge
  • Kra
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia / <State> / Kpeiapli
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 34 x 14.5 x 13 cm (13 3/8 x 5 11/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-77-50/2710
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)

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