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English: Divination Object (Gle)   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
English: Divination Object (Gle)
Description
English: Head shaped form with deeply recessed eye sockets in which are set pieces of mirror. Eyebrow ridges protrude as does the forehead. The forehead is covered with red cloth and has a duiker horn protruding from it. Two metal rings attached to the red cloth give the forehead the appearance of a bird head. The wide mouth with teeth of wood and two additional duiker horns forming tusk-like protrusions. Back of head has four spine like-ridges. Top of head has a depression partially filled with egg shell. Condition: Stable but fragile.
Date
English: late 19th or early 20th century
Dimensions 7 x 6 x 10 1/2in. (17.8 x 15.2 x 26.7cm)
institution QS:P195,Q632682
Current location
Arts of Africa collection South Gallery, 1st Floor
Accession number
1992.196.4
Credit line Gift of Blake Robinson
Notes
  • Culture: Liberia
  • Place made: Liberia
Source/Photographer Online Collection of Brooklyn Museum; Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.1992.196.4_2003_xrs_detail03.jpg
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