id:			144709
accession number:	1969.5
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.5
updated:		2023-11-29 16:19:55.727000

Helmet, late 1800s–early 1900s. Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Yorùbá-style maker. Wood and paint; overall: 62.9 cm (24 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katherine C. White 1969.5

title:				Helmet
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creation date:			late 1800s–early 1900s
creation date earliest:		1875
creation date latest:		1925
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creditline:			Gift of Katherine C. White
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culture:	Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Yorùbá-style maker
technique:	Wood and paint
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Mask
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measurements: Overall: 62.9 cm (24 3/4 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).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA 1968: "African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection," cat. no. 113, repr.<br>CMA 1970: "Year in Review 1969," CMA Bulletin LVII (Jan., 1970), p. 47, no. 135.

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PROVENANCE

	Everitt Rassiga, New York
	date: 1962    
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	Everitt Rassiga, New York (1962); Katherine White Reswick
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