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Wooden face mask.
Object Number 37-77-50/2653
Display Title Wooden face mask.
Descriptions
Indigenous Term "Tea bli si"
Object Description Wooden face mask with narrow, angular cheeks and tongue.; Wooden mask
Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, anthropomorphic, perforated, protruding features, beard
Classification
  • Mask
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Gio
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia / <State> / Gbea / Gbeali Town
Materials Wood, Metal, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 21.5 x 1.6 x 8.3 cm (8 7/16 x 5/8 x 3 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-77-50/2653; 106
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)

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