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Hearst Museum object titled Wooden mask, accession number 5-14357, described as Mask; face mask representing human female; “hair” of plaited jute twine; round eye holes; brown-stained patinated face; perforated around edges. Once found in every Dan village and usually inherited in a family line, such masks were worn by the male custodians who supervised the daily activities of the young boys being trained in the initiation school of the “Poro” society. Cost $130.00. Height at back 23.8 cm.

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