id:			146109
accession number:	1971.296
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1971.296
updated:		2022-01-04 16:44:12.544000

Face Mask, early 1900s. Africa, West Africa, Côte d'Ivoire, possibly Yaure-style carver. Wood, paint, and colorant; overall: 31.7 cm (12 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katherine C. White 1971.296

title:				Face Mask
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creation date:			early 1900s
creation date earliest:		1900
creation date latest:		1920
current location:		108A Sub-Saharan
creditline:			Gift of Katherine C. White
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culture:	Africa, West Africa, Côte d'Ivoire, possibly Yaure-style carver
technique:	Wood, paint, and colorant
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Mask
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measurements: Overall: 31.7 cm (12 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA 1968: "African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection," cat. no. 73, repr.<br>CMA 1973: "Year in Review 1972," CMA Bulletin LX (March, 1973), p. 106, no. 22, repr. p. 104.

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PROVENANCE

	Harry Franklin, Los Angeles
	date: 1965    
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	Harry Franklin, Los Angeles (1965); Katherine White Reswick
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Central Côte d'Ivoire is characterized by cultural assimilation and adoption. Connections can be seen in masquerades and in composite mask forms. Here, masks often blend human and animal features, and the depiction of elephant traits is a recurring theme. Yaure peoples associated elephant masks with a cult called Dye, and they appear when important sacrifices have to be made.
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