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Small wooden mask. "Mã."
Small wooden mask. "Mã."
Object Number 48-36-50/7333
Display Title Small wooden mask. "Mã."
Descriptions
Indigenous Term "Mã."
Object Description Small wooden mask, "Mã." Property of a man who prays to it for good luck and also sacrifices to it; mask has tendency to resemble owner.
Inventory Description Carved wooden mask, human face, ovoid, incised, carved hairband, unibrow.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Gio
  • Mano
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Guinea
Africa / Liberia
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 8.5 x 5.3 x 1.5 cm (3 3/8 x 2 1/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 48-36-50/7333
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1947-1948 - 1948)

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