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Object Number 37-77-50/2787
Display Title Wooden face mask
Descriptions
Indigenous Term "Si Gli" (Hawk)
Object Description Wooden face mask. Long, large projecting features. Missing lower jaw and no holes. Possibly a copy
Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, anthropomorphic, perforated, protruding features
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Somi clan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia / <State> / <County> / Be Town
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 26 x 15 x 7.2 cm (10 1/4 x 5 7/8 x 2 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-77-50/2787; 95
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)

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