id: 146109 accession number: 1971.296 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1971.296 updated: 2021-01-05 10:02:08.059000 Face Mask, early 1900s. Guinea Coast, Ivory Coast, possibly Yaure, early 20th century. 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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: early 1900s creation date earliest: 1900 creation date latest: 1920 current location: 108A Sub-Saharan creditline: Gift of Katherine C. White copyright: --- culture: Guinea Coast, Ivory Coast, possibly Yaure, early 20th century technique: Wood, paint, and colorant department: African Art collection: African Art type: Mask find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 31.7 cm (12 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * CMA 1968: "African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection," cat. no. 73, repr.
CMA 1973: "Year in Review 1972," CMA Bulletin LX (March, 1973), p. 106, no. 22, repr. p. 104. --- PROVENANCE Harry Franklin, Los Angeles date: 1965 footnotes: citations: Harry Franklin, Los Angeles (1965); Katherine White Reswick date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Central Ivory Coast 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. Among the Yaure, elephant masks are associated with a cult called Dye, and they appear when important sacrifices have to be made. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1971.296/1971.296_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1971.296/1971.296_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1971.296/1971.296_full.tif