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	Catalog #	Name	Description
1	2006.13.0003	Mask	Mask is carved with facial features and tripartite head-wear. 3 peaks with lines carved on them adorn the head. Red paint separates head-wear from forehead. Mouth is also painted on. Leather tie to hold on mask is still attached.
2	2006.13.0004	Mask	Wooden mask with carved facial features and head wear. Has antelope horns, ears turned to the side and human face. The eyes are carved into thin slits. There is zig-zag style adornment around the sides of the face, ending at a rounded goatee below the chin. The eyebrows are etched out and the hairline has small triangles carved out of it.
3	2008.4.0010	Mask, Ritual	Mblo Mask. Seated male figure on top of mask. Figure is holding a cylindrical object in his hands. Mask has carved striated hair, flat on head. 3 raised scarification marks on forehead and at the outside corner of the eyes. Large almond-shaped eyes, slitted beneath open mouth with carved banding from sides of nose extending to beneath chin. Open carved zig-zag pattern from corners of eyes to chin. Pentagon shape extending from chin. Large crack and split on inside of lower mask, extending to outside front. Left side zig-zags are broken and missing near chin. Crack on top of mask, crack on inside chin.
4	2008.4.0011	Mask	Mblo Mask. 2 hair buns. Central abstract hair style. 3 diamonds carved into forehead. 3 rows of carved rectangles between eyes and ears. Raised zig-zag carved along jaw from below ear to chin. Carved triangle shape extends from chin. Closed mouth, slits under eyes. Crack in top of mask, some white pigment remains. Gouge above diamond pattern on forehead and under chin.
5	2008.4.0013	Mask	Mblo Mask. Large conical shaped hair. Carved protruding triangle bisects hair to middle of top of mask. Smooth sided triangular shapes on forehead along sides of hair. 3 sets of 2 curved scarification marks on forehead. 8 bars scarification at corner of eyes. 2 open ovals scarification on each cheek. 3 bars between eyebrows. Large eyes painted white. Slitted eye openings. Long, thin nose, closed pursed mouth. Ears carved in "D" shape with small triangle inside. Large crack in outer rim of mask. Lower inside of chin broken away. Carved portion of mask undamaged.
6	2008.4.0014	Mask	Kpan mask. Striated three part hair. Center portion raised, 2 side portions end in upward slope. Zig-zag pattern along hairline in 3 half circle pattern. Raised smooth line follows zig-zag. White lines painted to follow raised line. Single raised nodule on forehead. One nodule carved above the outside corner of the eyes. 6 carved rectangular scar marks at each ear. 3 sets of 5 rectangular scars on either side of mouth. 3 bars between eyebrows. Eyes are painted white with black painted pupils. Open mouth with teeth painted white. Smooth raised beard and chin with spade shaped carving. Minor scratches on face. Deep scratch on side of nose. 2 shallow surface cracks on face under eye. Crack on lower mask rim. Small chunk of mask missing from same cracked area. Fiber cords and rubber thong attached to mask.