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Object Number
37-77-50/2797
Display Title
Tie bli Sia. Wooden face mask.
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
"Tie bli Sia" (The bad Devil in the Bush)
Inventory Description
Mask, carved wood, anthropomorphic, perforated, protruding features, metal.
Classification
- Mask
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Somi clan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Liberia
/
<State>
/
<County>
/
Be Town
Materials
Wood, Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 19.7 x 13.8 x 6.5 cm (7 3/4 x 5 7/16 x 2 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
37-77-50/2797; 113
Provenance
Collector
Dr. George W. Harley
Seller
Dr. George W. Harley
(1936-1937)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Mask |
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|
Liberia
| |
| 37-77-50/2662 | Wooden face mask |
Raw Material
Mask |
Gbeali Town
| |
| 37-77-50/2881 | Wooden face mask. |
Raw Material
Mask |
Liberia
| |
| 37-77-50/2796 | Wooden face mask. |
Raw Material
Mask |
Be Town
| |
| 48-36-50/7373 | Wooden face mask |
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|
Liberia
| |
| 37-77-50/2817 | Wooden face mask. |
Mask
Raw Material |
Liberia
| |
| 37-77-50/2788 | Wooden face mask. |
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|
Be Town
| |
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Mask
Raw Material |
Liberia
| |
| 37-77-50/2657 | Wooden face mask |
Raw Material
Mask |
Gbeali Town
| |
| 37-77-50/2652 | Wooden face mask |
Raw Material
Mask |
Gbeali Town
|