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Wooden dance mask
Object Number 37-126-50/3248
Display Title Wooden dance mask
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden dance mask.
Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, anthropomorphic, perforated, sharp teeth, fiber ties
Classification
  • Mask
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bafan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Africa, West Central, near English Cameroon border
Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 33 x 18 x 11 cm (13 x 7 1/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-126-50/3248
Provenance
Donor George Schwab

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