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Wooden face mask
Object Number 48-36-50/7384
Display Title Wooden face mask
Descriptions
Indigenous Term "Kpo Go."
Object Description Wooden face mask. Long nose, slit eyes, and missing jaw
Inventory Description Carved wooden mask, long, ovoid, anthropomorphic, metal, perf.
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mano
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Kpao
Materials Wood, Pigment, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 33 x 15 x 12 cm (13 x 5 7/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 48-36-50/7384; 151
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1947-1948 - 1948)
Donor Dr. George W. Harley

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