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Object Number 48-36-50/7378
Display Title Wooden face mask
Descriptions
Indigenous Term "Bla Kela."
Object Description Wooden face mask. Angular projecting features and open mouth
Inventory Description Carved wooden mask, anthropomorphic, perforated, incised, protruding features.
Classification
  • Mask
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Konor
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Additional Geographic Terms Belewale
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 24 x 14.2 x 11.3 cm (9 7/16 x 5 9/16 x 4 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 48-36-50/7378
Provenance
Donor Dr. George W. Harley

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