id:			136279
accession number:	1960.169
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1960.169
updated:		2020-04-29 09:02:39.738000

Face Mask, early-mid 1900s. Western Sudan, Mali, Dogon, early-mid 20th century. Wood and organic materials; overall: 111.1 cm (43 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, James Albert and Mary Gardiner Ford Memorial Fund 1960.169

title:				Face Mask
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creation date:			early-mid 1900s
creation date earliest:		1900
creation date latest:		1950
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creditline:			James Albert and Mary Gardiner Ford Memorial Fund
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culture:	Western Sudan, Mali, Dogon, early-mid 20th century
technique:	Wood and organic materials
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Mask
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measurements: Overall: 111.1 cm (43 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty
	opening date:   1960-11-30T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 30, 1960-January 1, 1961).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA "Year in Review" 1960: Bulletin, 47 (December 1960), p. 250, no. 11, repr. p. 246.

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PROVENANCE

	(Pierre Matisse Gallery, NY, to 1960)
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wall description: 
Dogon masks are worn at the end-of-mourning ceremonies called dama. The masks incarnate ancestors, which can be human, animal, or vegetal. The female figure with raised arms topping this example represents the mythical character Yasigine, who played a key role in the very first sigi celebration. Held every 60 years, the sigi ceremony commemorates the arrival of death.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Robbins, Warren M. <em>African Art in American Collections = L'art Africain Dans Les Collections Americaines</em>. New York: F.A. Praeger, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 55, no. 22
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 302
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n326

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 302
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n326

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 410
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n430

	Robbins, Warren M. <em>African sculpture</em>. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Pub, 2005.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 55, number 22.
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