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Wooden dance mask
Object Number 37-126-50/3247
Display Title Wooden dance mask
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden dance mask.
Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, human face, large cheeks, protruding ears and headdress
Classification
  • Mask
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bafan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Africa, West Central, near English Cameroon border
Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 34 x 22 x 15 cm (13 3/8 x 8 11/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-126-50/3247
Provenance
Donor George Schwab

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