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    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Headdress in the Form of a Human Head

    Date: 
    early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood, beads, string, and fiber

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.500
    Culture: 
    Dan or Bassa
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Mask

    Date: 
    late 19th–early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood, fiber, brass tacks, and encrustation

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.505
    Culture: 
    Dan
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Mask

    Date: 
    late 19th–early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood and pigment

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.50
    Culture: 
    Dan
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Mask

    Date: 
    late 19th–early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood, fiber, and encrustation

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.230
    Culture: 
    Wè or Dan
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Mask

    Date: 
    19th to mid-20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood from the Apocynaceae tree family and pigment

    Accession Number: 
    1959.72.9
    Culture: 
    Dan, Poro Secret Society
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Mask

    Date: 
    19th to mid-20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood

    Accession Number: 
    1959.72.10
    Culture: 
    Dan, Poro Secret Society
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Miniature Mask (Maa Go)

    Date: 
    early to mid-20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood

    Accession Number: 
    1959.72.12
    Culture: 
    Dan
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Mask

    Date: 
    early to mid-20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood and pigment

    Accession Number: 
    1959.72.8
    Culture: 
    Dan, Poro Secret Society
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Mask (Ge Gon) with Hinged Jaw

    Date: 
    19th–early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Monkey hair, wood, and teeth

    Accession Number: 
    1959.72.6
    Culture: 
    Dan, Poro Secret Society
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Mask

    Date: 
    19th to mid-20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood and textile

    Accession Number: 
    1959.72.11
    Culture: 
    Dan, Poro Secret Society
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

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