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Wooden face mask
Media Restricted
Object Number 37-77-50/2628
Display Title Wooden face mask
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden face mask with long narrow lines, moveable jaw, and holes. All blackened. Reverse: Deeply cut. Made for collector
Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, human face, ovoid, perforated, hide/hair beard, moving jaw
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Mask
  • Shaft, modified
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Gio
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Dimensions Overall: 21.5 x 10.2 x 4.4 cm (8 7/16 x 4 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-77-50/2628
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)

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