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Object Number 37-77-50/2881
Display Title Wooden face mask.
Descriptions
Indigenous Term "Gba de Gli" (The Greedy Devil)
Object Description Wooden face mask. Heavy mask with protruding features and teeth. See "Notes on Masks" in x-file for manner of acquisition.
Inventory Description Carved wooden mask, protruding features, perforated, teeth.
Classification
  • Mask
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mano
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Dimensions Overall: 26.8 x 15.3 x 11.5 cm (10 9/16 x 6 x 4 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-77-50/2881; 45
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937 - 1937)
Donor Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)

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