Wooden dance mask

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Object Number 37-126-50/3249

Display Title Wooden dance mask

Descriptions

Object Description Wooden dance mask.

Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, anthropomorphic, perforated, sharp teeth, fiber string

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: 32.5 x 19 x 9 cm (12 13/16 x 7 1/2 x 3 9/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 37-126-50/3249

Provenance

Donor George Schwab

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