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Black wooden mask with white around eyes. ZE
Black wooden mask with white around eyes. ZE
Object Number 2004.24.19542
Display Title Black wooden mask with white around eyes. ZE
Descriptions
Keywords
  • Studio
  • Ethnographic
  • Mask and Headdress
Subject
  • Wood
  • Mask
Department Photographic
Date 1948
Artist Frederick P. Orchard
Culture
  • Gio
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ivory Coast
Intrasite Beinwie
Additional Geographic Terms Deneni, near
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 8.89 x 12.07 cm (3 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.)

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