Wooden face mask

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Object Number 37-77-50/2870

Display Title Wooden face mask

Descriptions

Object Description Wooden face mask. Slightly long with 2 forehead projections and no holes. See "Notes on Masks" in x-file.

Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, human face, ovoid, incised, perforated, 2 blunt horns

Classification

Mask
Raw Material

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Mano

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Liberia

Materials Wood, Metal

Dimensions Overall: 26.5 x 15.5 x 7.8 cm (10 7/16 x 6 1/8 x 3 1/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 37-77-50/2870; 250

Provenance

Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)

Seller Dr. George W. Harley (08/30/1937)

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PrimaryMedia	Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
	37-77-50/2873	Wooden face mask.	Mask Raw Material	Ga Section
	37-77-50/2879	Wooden face mask	Raw Material Mask	Ga Section
Media Restricted	37-77-50/2967	Wooden face mask	Mask	Gopa Town
	37-77-50/2960	Wooden face mask	Mask Raw Material	Gopa Town
	37-77-50/2876	Wooden face mask.	Mask	Ga Section
	37-77-50/2993	Wooden face mask.	Mask	Kpao Town
	37-77-50/2858	Wooden face mask	Mask	Liberia
	37-77-50/2988	Wooden face mask	Raw Material Mask	Kpao Town
	37-77-50/2961	Wooden face mask	Mask	Gopa Town
	37-77-50/3017	Wooden face mask.	Mask	Liberia
	37-77-50/2871	Wooden face mask.	Raw Material Mask	Ga Section
	37-77-50/2994	Wooden face mask.	Mask Raw Material	Kpao Town

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