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Object Number
37-77-50/3042
Display Title
Small wooden mask.- makes a pair with 50/3043
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
"Ya Boo"
Object Description
Small wooden mask - makes a pair with 37-77-n50/3043. One of this pair will follow any boy who says he must go to the toilet. When a father comes to visit his son this devil also asks him if he slept with any woman the night before. He must swear abstinence to gain admission. "Ya Boo".
Inventory Description
Mask, carved wood, human face, ovoid, incised, forehead ridge.
Classification
- Mask
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Wa De
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Ivory Coast
Additional Geographic Terms
French Ivory Coast
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 17 x 10 x 3.7 cm (6 11/16 x 3 15/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
37-77-50/3042
Provenance
Collector
Dr. George W. Harley
(1936-1937)
Seller
Dr. George W. Harley
(1936-1937)
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![[No folder title]: Tama sewing, showing how he makes a hole with an awl for the thread to go through, close-up (from color slide 2001.29.8361)](/internal/media/dispatcher/747443/postagestamp)
![[No folder title]: Tama sewing, showing how he makes a hole with an awl for the thread to go through, close-up (from color slide 2001.29.8361)](/internal/media/dispatcher/747444/postagestamp)
