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Small wooden mask. "Zwa Kpea Kpo Gli."
Small wooden mask. "Zwa Kpea Kpo Gli."
Object Number 37-77-50/2733
Display Title Small wooden mask. "Zwa Kpea Kpo Gli."
Descriptions
Indigenous Term "Zwa Kpea Kpo Gli"
Object Description Small wooden mask. "Zwa Kpea Kpo Gli." When a man dies in Poro this Devil takes the heart to give to big Zo when he gets ready to make medicine at night. Near end of Poro - all eat. Cf. 50/2818.
Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, human face, ovoid, protruding features, brass tack eyes
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Gbe Clan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Materials Wood, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 11 x 6.5 x 5.4 cm (4 5/16 x 2 9/16 x 2 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-77-50/2733
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)

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