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Black wooden mask with white and red around eyes and metal teeth (Longwa) - "Su
Black wooden mask with white and red around eyes and metal teeth (Longwa) - "Su
Object Number 48-36-50/7347
Display Title Black wooden mask with white and red around eyes and metal teeth (Longwa) - "Su
Descriptions
Indigenous Term "Longwa."
Object Description Black wooden mask with white and red around eyes and metal teeth (Longwa) - "Sun not shine". Comes out in the sunshine; immediately it becomes cloudy;
Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, pigmented black stripe, 2 metal teeth, braided fiber crown
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Gio?
  • Mano?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Additional Geographic Terms Geapli; Tuasana, near
Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber, Metal, Pigment, Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 27.2 x 19 x 9.5 cm (10 11/16 x 7 1/2 x 3 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 48-36-50/7347/ 59/ 53
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1947-1948 - 1948)
Donor Dr. George W. Harley

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