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Small wooden mask.- makes a pair with 50/3043
Small wooden mask.- makes a pair with 50/3043
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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