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Object Number 40-34-50/4589
Display Title Wooden face mask
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Sie Kpana
Object Description Wooden face mask. Large projecting angular features with metal nails around forehead and paste in mouth
Inventory Description Carved wooden mask, protruding features, fiber ties at chin, brass tacks.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ge
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Additional Geographic Terms Ziali; French side
Dimensions Overall: 28 x 15.5 x 12 cm (11 x 6 1/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 40-34-50/4589; L52/2/5/WA; XI-15
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1939)
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1939)

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