Wooden face mask.

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Object Number 37-77-50/2986

Display Title Wooden face mask.

Descriptions

Indigenous Term "Yi se Gli" (Sleeping Devil).

Object Description Wooden face mask. Pointed face, holes on surface

Inventory Description Carved wooden mask, ovoid, perforated, molded ridge along forehead

Classification

Mask
Raw Material

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Mano
Half-Bassa

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

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

Materials Wood

Dimensions Overall: 17.9 x 12.1 x 5 cm (7 1/16 x 4 3/4 x 1 15/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 37-77-50/2986

Provenance

Donor Dr. George W. Harley

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