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"Masque ancêtre sacré GUÉ GBALA ou GUÉ DAN du village de YO" [Sacred ancestor mask GUÉ GBALA or GUÉ DAN from the village of YO], Yo, Côte d'Ivoire
Date not recorded
Côte d'Ivoire
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art. Visual details below describe the original material.
Maurice Ascani [printed signature]; République de Côte d'Ivoire[,] 21 - Masque ancêtre sacré GUÉ GBALA[,] ou GUÉ DAN du village de YO; © photo Maurice ASCANI; Reproduction interdite, Photographed by Ascani, Maurice Published by Editions Phocal 01 B.P. 32 ABIDJAN 01 R.C.I.
- Collection
- Stephen Grant postcards
- Archival grouping
- Stephen Grant postcards / Côte D'Ivoire
- Recorded places
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Cataloged creator or photographer
- Ascani, Maurice
- Recorded subjects
- Masquerades; Rites and ceremonies -- Africa
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (color, 4 x 6 in)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-0288
Collection: Stephen Grant postcards