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Wooden mask
Object Number 37-77-50/2706
Display Title Wooden mask
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden mask. Go Gli-Leopard Devil. During Poro, 5 days after opening, this Devil comes to town, catches dogs, carries them to Zova who kills them. All eat.
Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, human face, ovoid, incised, perforated, metal tooth.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kra
  • Ge
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Additional Geographic Terms Kpeiapli Section
Materials Wood, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 22.2 x 12.3 x 3.6 cm (8 3/4 x 4 13/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-77-50/2706; 81
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)

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