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Wooden face mask
Object Number 37-77-50/2819
Display Title Wooden face mask
Descriptions
Indigenous Term "Gbã Gli" (Dog Devil)
Object Description Black wood mask with a serrated pattern on the brow, tubular eyes, broad nose and projecting mouth with moveable lower mandible and plant fiber braided beard. Wooden face mask. Projecting mouth, detachable jaw, tubular eyes, and beard
Inventory Description Carved wooden mask, anthropomorphic, perforated, incised, fiber beard.
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mano
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Additional Geographic Terms Ge Country, near
Materials Wood, Pigment, Fiber, Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 35 x 15.5 x 14 cm (13 3/4 x 6 1/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 37-77-50/2819 (on mount)
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937 - 1937)
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)

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