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        "tombstone": "Mask (Kanaga), c. 1930s. Africa, West Africa, Mali, Dogon-style maker. Wood, paint, leather, human hair, plant fiber, and metal; overall: 94 cm (37 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katherine C. White, 1971.289",
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        "title": "Mask (Kanaga)",
        "creation_date": "c. 1930s",
        "creation_date_earliest": 1930,
        "creation_date_latest": 1939,
        "artists_tags": [],
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        "department": "African Art",
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        "type": "Mask",
        "measurements": "Overall: 94 cm (37 in.)",
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            "legacy": [
                {
                    "description": "CMA 1968: \"African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection,\" cat. no. 1, repr.",
                    "opening_date": "1968-01-01T00:00:00"
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                    "description": "CMA 1973: \"Year in Review 1972,\" CMA Bulletin LX (March, 1973), p. 106, no. 32.",
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            {
                "description": "Julius Carlebach, New York",
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                "description": "Julius Carlebach, New York; Katherine White Reswick",
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        "did_you_know": "Performing the <em>kanaga</em> mask takes a lot of physical strength, so teenagers or young men typically dance it.",
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        "description": "The <em>kanaga</em>, characterized by its double-barred superstructure, has been interpreted variously as representing a bird, a crocodile, Amma (the creator god), or the cosmic realms of sky and earth. Kanaga maskers perform as part of <em>dama</em> rites, whose goal is to escort the soul of a deceased on its journey to the spiritual realm. The masks are spectacular in motion\u2014dramatic dips and whirls in which the dancer touches the top of the mask to the ground with each rapid revolution.",
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            {
                "citation": "Fagg, William, and Cleveland Museum of Art. 1968. <em>African Tribal Images; the Katherine White Reswick Collection</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, no. 1.",
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            },
            {
                "citation": "Smith, Fred T., Judith Perani, Joseph L. Underwood, and Martha J. Ehrlich. The Visual Arts of Africa : Gender, Power, and Life Cycle Rituals. Second edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2022.",
                "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 59-60, no. 3.4",
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        "creditline": "Gift of Katherine C. White",
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        "legal_status": "accessioned",
        "accession_date": "1971-12-11T00:00:00",
        "sortable_date": 1930,
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:50:39.261000"
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