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Object Number
985-17-50/12061
Display Title
Passport mask
Descriptions
Object Description
Personal wood mask with aluminium passport mask (ma mask) small dark brown wood mask. thin oval slit eyes with carved indentation framing them. forehead framed with thickly braided orange/brown fiber for hair. hair attached by white strung through 10 of the 11 holes around the face.
Inventory Description
Mask, carved wood, human face, ovoid, incised, perforated, fiber hair.
Classification
- Raw Material
- Mask
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Dan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Liberia
Africa / Ivory Coast
Africa / Ivory Coast
Materials
Wood, Fiber, Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 12.2 x 7.2 x 1.8 cm (4 13/16 x 2 13/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-17-50/12061; Dan"passport" mask. Ivory Coast/ 417 $29.50
Provenance
Collector
Robin H. Mix
(1985 - 1985)
Collector
Kendall A. Mix
(1985 - 1985)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 985-17-50/12060 | Passport mask (ma. mask) small orange-brown wood mask |
Raw Material
Mask |
Liberia
Ivory Coast | |
| 985-17-50/12058 | Passport mask |
Mask
Raw Material |
Ivory Coast
Liberia | |
| 985-17-50/12059 | Passport mask |
Raw Material
Mask |
Liberia
Ivory Coast | |
|
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