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Mask of African medicine man by artists Beulah Woodward, Los Angeles, circa September 1935

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Title: Mask of African medicine man by artists Beulah Woodward, Los Angeles, circa September 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: [September, 1935?]
1935-09
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Possible from show at Los Angeles Museum, September 1935. Text on note card says: Medicine Man. There are three kinds of witch doctors in Africa—the poisoner, hired to dispose of the enemy, the one who casts spells, and the one who has a real knowledge of herbs. For ceremonial performances the face is usually painted.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Masks from the studio of Beulah Woodward
Handwritten annotation from negative: Masks by Beulah Woodward, 11929
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz00254wf7
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Sculpture--California--Los Angeles
People
Arts
Masks
Culture
Woodward, Beulah
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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