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Object Number 37-77-50/2688
Display Title Wooden face mask.
Descriptions
Indigenous Term "Nya va Gli"
Object Description Wooden face mask. Rounded form with irregular, ringed eyes, ears which stick out, and scars on cheeks. Reverse: deeply curving blackened interior.
Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, human face, ovoid, incised, perforated, metal, fiber/
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Gio
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia / <State> / Kwida / Towai Town
Dimensions Overall: 21 x 14.9 x 7.1 cm (8 1/4 x 5 7/8 x 2 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-77-50/2688; 263
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)

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