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Miniature Mask

Wood metal cowrie shells applied organic materials, Loma or Toma peoples

The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Dr. Robert A. Baird Merrily C. Baird and Benita S. Baird 1979

Loma artist(s) (Artist)

Wood-Sculpture Faces

Liberia or Guinea, Loma or Toma peoples

Title: Miniature Mask

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Wood metal cowrie shells applied organic materials, Loma or Toma peoples.

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