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Object Number 37-77-50/2657
Display Title Wooden face mask
Descriptions
Indigenous Term "De bu Gli"
Object Description Wooden face mask with forehead carving, angular cheeks, and a metal tooth. Reverse: heavy, low curving interior. Appears to be a copy.
Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, anthropomorphic, perforated, protruding features, metal.
Classification
  • Mask
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Gio
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia / <State> / Gbea / Gbeali Town
Dimensions Overall: 21 x 13.7 x 5.5 cm (8 1/4 x 5 3/8 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-77-50/2657; 115; 54-171
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)

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