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Object Number 40-34-50/4587
Display Title Wooden face mask
Descriptions
Indigenous Term "Zi'."
Object Description Wooden face mask. Large features, forehead carving, tubular eyes with metal rings and large mouth with teeth and paste. Holes. Headdress /4597. For further information Cf. original list in X-file 40-34.
Inventory Description Carved wooden mask, metal eyes, 4 teeth, molded headdress, residue.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ge
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa: Ziali, French side
Dimensions Overall: 27.3 x 15.5 x 7 cm (10 3/4 x 6 1/8 x 2 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-34-50/4587
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1939 - 1940)
Donor Dr. George W. Harley

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