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Personal Miniature Mask (Ma Go)

Dan, 1900-1966

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Dan

Personal Miniature Mask (Ma Go)

Dan, 1900-1966

Physical Qualities Wood, 8.2 H x 4.6 W x 3.2 D cm.
Credit Line Gift of John Clayton Davis, Alexandria, Virginia
Object Number 1998.602
Prominent forehead overhanging atypical open-work slit eyes, petite nose, recessed back; appears washed.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1998; bought by father, Allen Davis, in Monrovia, Liberia in 1959-1960, probably from Guinean dealer, Taliby Kaaba, and shipped to the USA in 1960.

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