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Object Number 61-58-50/10510
Display Title Yam festival mask, 14.25" high
Descriptions
Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, anthropomorphic, elongated mouth, perforated, painted
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ibo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nigeria
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 31 x 15.5 x 12.7 cm (12 3/16 x 6 1/8 x 5 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 61-58-50/10510; L73-10-13

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