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Small wooden mask. "Yumbo si Gli."
Small wooden mask. "Yumbo si Gli."
Object Number 37-77-50/3045
Display Title Small wooden mask. "Yumbo si Gli."
Descriptions
Indigenous Term "Yumbo si Gli."
Object Description Small wooden mask. "Yumbo si Gli." This Devil in the procession carries the small basket in which are the razors and other property of the surgeon at the time of scarification. Medicine to stop blood, to cure the wounds, and to be used in washing the boys at the end of Poro.
Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, human face, ovoid, incised
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: 11.7 x 7.4 x 3.1 cm (4 5/8 x 2 15/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-77-50/3045
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)

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