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Object Number 40-34-50/4582
Display Title Delicate-featured face mask
Descriptions
Indigenous Term "Zã nã Glü or Z'nã."
Object Description Wooden face mask. Rounded features, big ears, fiber forehead band. Cf. original list in X-file 40-34. Female face mask carved from a single block of dark, dense hardwood with smooth, buffed patina. Facial features are carved in relief, eyes cut through. Above the forehead is attached a plant fiber bundle, crescent shaped, to which human hair has been applied. This wig is attached to the mask with wooden pegs and by fiber elements tied through holes at the perimeter. A metal peg protrudes from a hole at the chin. One metal "tooth" remains out of an original four at the mouth.The are two holes in the underside of the nose. On the reverse side, there are depressions for the nose and eyes of the wearer.
Inventory Description Mask, carved and perforated features, black pigment, ridged fiber and hair top
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ge
  • Southern Dan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Africa / Ivory Coast
Additional Geographic Terms Ziali; French side
Materials Wood, Human hair, Vegetable fiber, Pigment, Metal, Plant fiber, Hair
Dimensions Overall: 26.3 x 21.5 x 11.2 cm (10 3/8 x 8 7/16 x 4 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 54-132/ 40-34-50/4582
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1939 - 1940)
Donor Dr. George W. Harley

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