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Object Number 37-77-50/2796
Display Title Wooden face mask.
Descriptions
Indigenous Term "Dã Gli" (Diviner Devil)
Object Description Wooden face mask. Large, jutting forehead, round eyes, and damaged mouth.
Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, anthropomorphic, perforated, protruding features.
Classification
  • Mask
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Somi clan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia / <State> / <County> / Be Town
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 26 x 16.8 x 11.1 cm (10 1/4 x 6 5/8 x 4 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-77-50/2796; 111
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)

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