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Object Number
37-77-50/2966
Display Title
Wooden mask. "Mi Gli Ge." (Man burning Devil).
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
"Mi Gli Ge" (Man burning Devil).
Object Description
Wooden mask. "Mi Gli Ge" (Man burning Devil). Devil who burns any boy who gets high fever from being marked in Poro. "Go get firewood" --Burned alive and remains powdered to make medicine to keep others from getting the same fever. See "Notes on Masks" in x-file for manner of acquistion.
Inventory Description
Carved wooden mask, protruding features, moveable jaw, beard, perforated
Classification
- Raw Material
- Shaft, modified
- Mask
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Mano
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Liberia
/
<State>
/
Zo
/
Gopa Town
Additional Geographic Terms
Gio border, near
Materials
Wood, Hair, Fiber, Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 28 x 14 x 10.3 cm (11 x 5 1/2 x 4 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
37-77-50/2966
Provenance
Donor
Dr. George W. Harley
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37-77-50/2733 | Small wooden mask. "Zwa Kpea Kpo Gli." |
Mask
|
Liberia
| |
| 37-77-50/3003 | Small wooden mask. "Gblo Kpa Ge" (The Devil who cooks outsiders). |
Raw Material
Mask |
Duo Section
Chief Lama | |
| 37-77-50/3047 | Small wooden mask. "Mi Gli Glü." |
Mask
Raw Material |
Ivory Coast
| |
| 37-77-50/3045 | Small wooden mask. "Yumbo si Gli." |
Mask
Raw Material |
Ivory Coast
| |
| 2004.24.30424.1 | Wooden mask (zogli) |
Kpeiapli
| ||
| 37-77-50/3041 | Small wooden mask. |
Mask
Raw Material |
Africa
| |
| 37-77-50/3040 | Small wooden mask. |
Mask
Raw Material |
Ivory Coast
| |
| 37-77-50/2735 | Small wooden mask |
Mask
Raw Material |
Liberia
| |
| 37-77-50/2734 | Small wooden mask |
Mask
Raw Material |
Liberia
| |
| 37-77-50/2741 | Small wooden mask |
Mask
Raw Material |
Liberia
| |
| 48-36-50/7318 | Black wooden mask with bird-like beak (Nos gbo Ge) - "Bird beak Devil". Sent to |
Mask
|
Liberia
| |
| 37-77-50/2706 | Wooden mask |
Mask
Raw Material |
Liberia
|