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Black wooden mask, Die Si. Messenger to Go Glu
Black wooden mask, Die Si. Messenger to Go Glu
Object Number 2004.24.19519
Display Title Black wooden mask, Die Si. Messenger to Go Glu
Descriptions
Keywords
  • Mask and Headdress
  • Ethnographic
  • Studio
Subject
  • Wood
  • Mask
Department Photographic
Date 1948
Artist Frederick P. Orchard
Culture
  • Gio
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia / <State> / <County> / Lepula
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 8.89 x 12.7 cm (3 1/2 x 5 in.)

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