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Media Restricted
Object Number
37-77-50/3005
Display Title
Wooden face mask
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Bɔ Ze' Zo
Indigenous Term
Nya wõ
Object Description
Wooden face mask. Broad shape with ears and plaited band at forehead
Inventory Description
Carved wooden mask, perforated, braided hair, strips of red cotton in ears
Classification
- Mask
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Gio
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Liberia
Additional Geographic Terms
Ya Mai Section
Materials
Wood, Hair, Cotton, Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 24 x 20 x 10.5 cm (9 7/16 x 7 7/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
37-77-50/3005 & 54-145
Provenance
Collector
Dr. George W. Harley
(1936-1937 - 1937)
Seller
Dr. George W. Harley
(1936-1937)
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| 37-77-50/3013 | Wooden face mask. |
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Ya Mai
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| 37-77-50/2783 | Wooden face mask. |
Mask
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Be Town
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| 37-77-50/2967 | Wooden face mask |
Mask
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Gopa Town
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| 37-77-50/2717 | Wooden face mask |
Mask
Raw Material |
Liberia
| |
| 37-77-50/2672 | Wooden face mask |
Mask
|
Towai Town
| |
| 37-77-50/2685 | Wooden face mask |
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Mask |
Towai Town
| |
| 48-36-50/7386 | Wooden face mask |
Mask
|
Ivory Coast
| |
|
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| 40-34-50/4582 | Delicate-featured face mask |
Mask
|
Liberia
Ivory Coast | |
| 37-77-50/2688 | Wooden face mask. |
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Mask |
Towai Town
| |
| 48-36-50/7388 | Wooden face mask |
Mask
|
Ivory Coast
| |
| 37-77-50/2820 | Wooden face mask. |
Mask
|
Liberia
| |
| 37-77-50/2858 | Wooden face mask |
Mask
|
Liberia
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