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Image Not Available for Miniature wooden mask (fire jumper's medicine).
Miniature wooden mask (fire jumper's medicine).
Image Not Available for Miniature wooden mask (fire jumper's medicine).
Object Number 37-77-50/2615
Display Title Miniature wooden mask (fire jumper's medicine).
Descriptions
Object Description Miniature wooden mask (fire jumper's medicine). Devil taken from medicine pouch of member of fire jumper's society.
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Gio
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Materials Wood
Label on object X
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)

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