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Wooden face mask.
Object Number 40-34-50/4584
Display Title Wooden face mask.
Descriptions
Indigenous Term "Yi lo Glü."
Object Description Wooden face mask. Large projecting features, tubular eyes, forehead welt, red cloth around mouth, moveable jaw, paste and beads strung from fiber beard. For further information see original list in X-file 40-34.
Inventory Description Wooden mask, perforated, moveable jaw, braided fiber beard with ornaments.
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ge
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa: Ziali, French side
Materials Wood, Metal, Fiber, Shell, Horn, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 34 x 16 x 9 cm (13 3/8 x 6 5/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object X;40-34-50/4584
Provenance
Donor Dr. George W. Harley

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