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Object Number 48-36-50/7372
Display Title Wooden face mask
Descriptions
Indigenous Term "Kma: Glü."
Object Description Wooden face mask. Long, broad large projecting features. White tipped eyes, fur upper lip and moveable jaw.
Inventory Description Carved wooden mask, anthropomorphic, moveable jaw, hide, metal, incised.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kra
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Additional Geographic Terms Denenei
Dimensions Overall: 40.5 x 25 x 18 cm (15 15/16 x 9 13/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 48-36-50/7372; 115
Provenance
Donor Dr. George W. Harley

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