Wooden face mask.

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Object Number 37-77-50/2984

Display Title Wooden face mask.

Descriptions

Indigenous Term "Po or Fo?" (the great Hornbill)

Object Description Wooden face mask. Long, projecting open beak, nose patterning, and some damage.

Inventory Description Carved wooden mask, anthropomorphic, bird beak, incised, perforated

Classification

Mask

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Mano
Half-Bassa

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Liberia / <State> / <County> / Zike Town

Materials Wood, Metal, Plastic

Dimensions Overall: 54.5 x 14.8 x 22.5 cm (21 7/16 x 5 13/16 x 8 7/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 37-77-50/2984 & 65-##

Provenance

Donor Dr. George W. Harley

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PrimaryMedia	Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
Media Restricted	37-77-50/2983	Wooden face mask.	Mask	Zike Town
	37-77-50/2985	Wooden face mask.	Mask Raw Material	Zike Town
	48-36-50/7384	Wooden face mask	Mask	Guinea
	48-36-50/7373	Wooden face mask	Mask	Liberia
	37-77-50/2824	Wooden face mask.	Mask	Liberia
	37-77-50/2818	Wooden face mask.	Mask Raw Material	Liberia
	48-36-50/7389	Wooden face mask	Raw Material Mask	Ivory Coast
	37-77-50/2632	Wooden face mask	Mask Raw Material	Liberia
	40-34-50/4583	Wooden face mask	Mask	Liberia
Media Restricted	37-77-50/3013	Wooden face mask.	Mask	Ya Mai
	48-36-50/7376	Wooden face mask	Mask	Liberia
	37-77-50/2982	Wooden face mask.	Mask	Zike Town

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