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Small wooden mask. "Si Gbi Glü." Guard of "Kaso"
Small wooden mask. "Si Gbi Glü." Guard of "Kaso"
Object Number 37-77-50/3049
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. 50/3048.
Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, human face, ovoid, incised, chipped.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Wa De
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ivory Coast
Additional Geographic Terms French Ivory Coast
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 12.5 x 8 x 1.8 cm (4 15/16 x 3 1/8 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-77-50/3049
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)

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