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Object Number 37-77-50/2971
Display Title Wooden face mask.
Descriptions
Indigenous Term "Bea Gli."
Object Description Wooden face mask. Narrow, with long nose and fur beard.
Inventory Description Carved wooden mask, moveable jaw, beard, metal eye, incised, perforated
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mano
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia / <State> / <County> / Kitomu
Dimensions Overall: 31 x 11.8 x 7.4 cm (12 3/16 x 4 5/8 x 2 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-77-50/2971 & 61
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937 - 1937)
Donor Dr. George W. Harley

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