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Small wooden mask. "Mi Gli Glü."
Small wooden mask. "Mi Gli Glü."
Object Number 37-77-50/3047
Display Title Small wooden mask. "Mi Gli Glü."
Descriptions
Indigenous Term "Mi Gli Glü."
Object Description Small wooden mask. "Mi Gli Glü." Punishes hard-headed boys by making them kneel ( elbows also down) on a pile of broken palm nut shell.
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: 16 x 8.4 x 2.6 cm (6 5/16 x 3 5/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-77-50/3047
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)

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