id:			144495
accession number:	1969.2
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.2
updated:		2025-02-09 03:26:16.483000

Buffalo Mask, early to mid-1900s. Africa, West Africa, Burkina Faso, possibly Bwa-style maker. Wood, plant fibers, paint, and iron; overall: 69.8 cm (27 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katherine C. White 1969.2

title:				Buffalo Mask
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creation date:			early to mid-1900s
creation date earliest:		1900
creation date latest:		1970
current location:		108A Sub-Saharan
creditline:			Gift of Katherine C. White
copyright:			

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culture:	Africa, West Africa, Burkina Faso, possibly Bwa-style maker
technique:	Wood, plant fibers, paint, and iron
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Mask
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measurements: Overall: 69.8 cm (27 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1969
	opening date:   1970-01-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1969</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 27-February 22, 1970).

	title:		A Cleveland Bestiary
	opening date:   1981-10-15T04:00:00
	<i>A Cleveland Bestiary</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 15-December 16, 1981).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA 1968: African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection, cat. no. 31, repr.', 'opening_date': '1968-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA 1970: "Year in Review 1969," CMA Bulletin LVII (Jan., 1970), p. 47, no. 128, repr. p. 41.', 'opening_date': '1970-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA 1981: A Cleveland Bestiary, October 14-December 9, 1981, cat. no. 11, repr. p, 17.', 'opening_date': '1981-10-14T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Katherine C. White [1929-1980], Gates Mills, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: at least 1968–1969
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			* <div><!--block-->Exhibited at CMA in 1968, <em>African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection</em>; published as fig. 31</div>
			
			
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1969–
	footnotes: 	
			
			* <div><!--block-->CMA Bulletin January 1970, figure 128.</div>
			
			
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Fagg, William. <em>African Tribal Images: the Katherine White Reswick Collection</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1968.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 31
	url:		

	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1969.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 57, no. 1 (January 1970): 2–50.
	page number: 	Reproduced:  p. 41, fig. 128; mentioned:  p. 147
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152307

	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. 411
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n431

	Kathman, Barbara A. <em>A Cleveland Bestiary</em>. Cleveland, OH; Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 16, p. 60; Reproduced: p. 17
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	Henry John Drewal. <em>African Art: A Brief Guide to the Collection : the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1989.
	page number: 	fig. 17
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	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
	page number: 	p. 153
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	Connell, Timothy C., and Jackson J. Spielvogel. <em>World Art Transparencies</em>. Cincinnati: West Educational Pub, 1998.
	page number: 	Acetate 43
	url:		

	May, Sally Ruth, Jane Takac, and Barbara J. Bradley. <em>Knockouts: A Pocket Guide</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced:  pp.67-8. no. 70; listed: p. 118.
	url:		

	Donley, Gregory M., "A New Face for African Art", Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 42 no. 04, April 2002
	page number: 	Mentioned & reproduced: p. 6-7
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2002-04/page/n5

	Petridis, Constantijn. <em>South of the Sahara: selected works of African art. </em>Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2003.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. 5, p. 40 - 41
	url:		

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 43 no. 09, November 2003
	page number: 	Reproduced: cover
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2003-09

	Petridis, Constantine. "A New Installation for African Art in Cleveland." <em>Tribal: the Magaine of Tribal Art</em>. 9 (3) no. 36 (Autumn-Winter 2004): 68-73.
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	Franklin, David and C. Griffith Mann. <em>Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art; London, Scala Publishers Ltd, 2012.
	page number: 	pp. 288-9.
	url:		

	Basquiat, Jean-Michel, Sam Keller, and Iris Hasler. Basquiat: The Modena Paintings.Berlin : Hatje Cantz ; Riehen/Basel : Fondation Beyeler, 2023.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 35, fig. 2
	url:		

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