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Wooden face mask
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Object Number 40-34-50/4586
Display Title Wooden face mask
Descriptions
Indigenous Term "Gbe' Glu."
Object Description Wooden face mask. Long pentagonal face framed by white projecting features, large open mouth with paste, teeth and neck cape. Headdress/4599. For further information cf. original list and photo in x-file.
Inventory Description Mask, pigment caked wood face, movable jaw, inlaid teeth, blue beads, cloth garb
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ge
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa: Ziali, French side
Materials Cotton fabric, Wood, Pigment, Wool, Glass, Metal, Tooth, Hair
Dimensions Overall: 107.5 x 45 x 16.2 cm (42 5/16 x 17 11/16 x 6 3/8 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 40-34-50/4586
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1939 - 1940)
Donor Dr. George W. Harley

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