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Wooden mask.
Object Number 37-77-50/2723
Display Title Wooden mask.
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden mask. Broad face, angled forehead with patterning, tubular eyes, and tiny chin. Reverse: blackened, smoothly curving shallows, hollows for features and damaged holes.
Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, human face, ovoid, incised, perforated, metal decoration
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ge
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Additional Geographic Terms Lapia
Materials Wood, Metal, Tooth
Dimensions Overall: 19 x 13.5 x 7.1 cm (7 1/2 x 5 5/16 x 2 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-77-50/2723; 237X
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)

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