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Small wooden mask. "Gblo Kpa Ge" (The Devil who cooks outsiders).
Small wooden mask. "Gblo Kpa Ge" (The Devil who cooks outsiders).
Object Number 37-77-50/3003
Display Title Small wooden mask. "Gblo Kpa Ge" (The Devil who cooks outsiders).
Descriptions
Indigenous Term "Gblo Kpa Ge" (The Devil who cooks outsiders).
Object Description Small wooden mask. "Gblo Kpa Ge" (The Devil who cooks outsiders). Makes fire to kill and cook "peeping toms." Puts medicine on firewood, the fumes of which keep the victim from crying out. He is a big Zo. He teaches some big Zo to succeed.
Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, human face, ovoid, incised, perforated, protruding features.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sanoquelle
  • Mano
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia / <State> / <County> / <City> / Chief Lama
Africa / Liberia / <State> / Duo Section
Additional Geographic Terms Sano-Quelle
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 13.2 x 4.5 x 1.5 cm (5 3/16 x 1 3/4 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-77-50/3003
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)

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