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Small wooden mask
Object Number 37-77-50/2741
Display Title Small wooden mask
Descriptions
Indigenous Term "Gli n'na"
Object Description Small wooden mask. "Gli n'na." While circumcision is going on this Devil blows the pottery whistle. Very sweet toned - in sets of three. Heavenly music in middle of the night. Cries in falsetto voice rolling the palate says: "The Devil is talking." "Ge o, Ge o. Ge la we."
Inventory Description Carved wooden mask, human face, ovoid, incised, perforated.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Gbe Clan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 8.8 x 5.5 x 2 cm (3 7/16 x 2 3/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-77-50/2741
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)

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