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Small wooden mask
Object Number 37-77-50/2739
Display Title Small wooden mask
Descriptions
Indigenous Term "Dei Gli"
Object Description Small wooden mask. "Dei Gli." Made in commemoration of a long-perished mask. This itself is very old. On occasion, all in Poro eat sacrificial meal to such small masks spread out in a circle.
Inventory Description Carved wooden mask, human face, ovoid, incised, badly worn and abraded.
Classification
  • Mask
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Gbe Clan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 8.1 x 5.4 x 1.8 cm (3 3/16 x 2 1/8 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-77-50/2739
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)

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