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Face mask (Go Ge)
Object Number 48-36-50/7290
Display Title Face mask (Go Ge)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term "Go Ge."
Object Description Wooden face mask with projecting features, paste, and teeth in mouth. Red cloth and blue beads. "Go Ge." Belonged to Bunga. * See conservation record for additional description *
Inventory Description Mack, carved wood, projecting features, shell around eyes, red cloth around lips
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Date 1948 or earlier
Culture
  • Mano
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Additional Geographic Terms Gompa
Materials Wood, Shell, Pigment, Tooth, Mud, Cloth, Glass, Ceramic, Nut
Dimensions Overall: 35.5 x 16.5 x 12 cm (14 x 6 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 48-36-50/7377; 136
Credit Line Museum Purchase, 1948
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1947-1948 - 1948)

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