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Object Number 2004.24.17143
Display Title Wooden mask headdress made to sell
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden mask headdress - made to sell. Liberia. Cat. No.: 37-77-50/3053. Bought in Monrovia. Probably after a Gbande mask. See: PM Papers, vol. XXXI, fig. 94, a
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Studio
  • Mask and Headdress
Subject
  • Headdress
  • Wood
  • Mask
  • Headgear
Department Photographic
Date 1944
Artist Frederick P. Orchard
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Dimensions Overall: 8.89 x 12.7 cm (3 1/2 x 5 in.)

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