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Wooden face mask
Object Number 32-49-50/44
Display Title Wooden face mask
Descriptions
Indigenous Term "For Ge"
Object Description Wooden face mask with a hinged jaw and upright ears. Thick, slightly heavy, but light wood.No holes. Obverse stained, reverse is not.
Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, zoomorphic, rodent/reptile?, incised, moveable jaw
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mande
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia / <State> / <County> / Ganta
Materials Wood, Metal, Cotton string
Dimensions Overall: 28 x 12.1 x 10.6 cm (11 x 4 3/4 x 4 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 32-49-50/44
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1932)
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1932)

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