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Object Number
48-36-50/7315
Display Title
Black wooden mask - (Wai los, Kpelle; ToGe, Mano). Hears palaver and has a sacri
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
"Wai los, Kpelle; TôGe."
Object Description
Black wooden mask - (Wai los, Kpelle; ToGe, Mano). Wood mask with a central vertical brow ridge of copper alloy (brass?), tubular eyes, a broad nose, pronounced cheeks and wide projecting mouth with real teeth and a moveable lower mandible covered with a red wool(?) textile. A 'beard' of plant fiber braids, some strung with seed pods, is attached to the bottom of the mask. The front surface is covered with a dark black accretion/encrustation.
See the Conservation Record for additional information on materials and technology.
Hears palaver and has a sacrifice of a sheep (formerly human) every year; seed on beard added with every sacrifice (several seeds missing);
Inventory Description
Mask, carved wood, protruding metal ring eyes, articulated jaw, fiber and nut fr
Classification
- Mask
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca. 1850
Culture
- Mano
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Liberia
Additional Geographic Terms
Busi
Dimensions
Overall: 33 x 25.3 x 16.5 cm (13 x 9 15/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
48-36-50/7315
Provenance
Collector
Dr. George W. Harley
(1947-1948 - 1948)
Donor
Dr. George W. Harley
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| |
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| |
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| |
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