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Wooden face mask
Object Number 48-36-50/7385
Display Title Wooden face mask
Descriptions
Indigenous Term "Dei Glü."
Object Description Wooden face mask with long, large projecting features, four eyes with white on eyes and upper snout. Moveable jaw
Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, 4 protruding cylinders, movable jaw, fur fringe, stripe
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Gio
  • Da
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ivory Coast
Additional Geographic Terms Ziali
Materials Wood, Animal hair, Metal, Pigment, Organic, Plant fiber, Ceramic?
Dimensions Overall: 47.4 x 19 x 16.2 cm (18 11/16 x 7 1/2 x 6 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 48-36-50/7385/ 30/ L52/2/7WA
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1947-1948 - 1948)
Donor Dr. George W. Harley

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