Carved wooden mask with shell decoration

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Object Number 60-50-50/10415

Display Title Carved wooden mask with shell decoration

Descriptions

Inventory Description Carved wooden mask, human face with female figure on forehead, cowrie shells.

Classification

Mask

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Bamana
Bambara

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Sudan
Africa / Mali

Additional Geographic Terms West Africa

Materials Wood, Cowrie

Dimensions Overall: 53 x 21.5 x 19 cm (20 7/8 x 8 7/16 x 7 1/2 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 60-50-50/10415

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