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Object Number
37-77-50/3048
Display Title
Small wooden mask. "Si Gbi Glü." Guard of "Kaso".
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
"Si Gbi Glü." Guard of "Kaso"
Object Description
Small wooden mask. "Si Gbi Glü." Guard of "Kaso" - medicine in Poro on which all members swear. It is a pot full of trinkets of those dead by false oath and two emblems of lightning. Cf. 50/3049.
Inventory Description
Mask, carved wood, human face, ovoid, incised, forehead ridge, chipped.
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: 15.3 x 9 x 2.2 cm (6 x 3 9/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
37-77-50/3048
Provenance
Collector
Dr. George W. Harley
(1936-1937)
Seller
Dr. George W. Harley
(1936-1937)
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