id:			146109
accession number:	1971.296
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1971.296
updated:		2025-02-09 03:35:51.407000

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

* {'description': 'CMA 1968: "African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection," cat. no. 73, repr.', 'opening_date': '1968-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA 1973: "Year in Review 1972," CMA Bulletin LX (March, 1973), p. 106, no. 22, repr. p. 104.', 'opening_date': '1973-03-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Harry Franklin, Los Angeles
	date: by 1965
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			* <ul><li><!--block-->1974 object label</li><li><!--block-->2003 Object Report, curatorial file</li></ul><div><!--block--><br></div>
			
			
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	Katherine White Reswick, by purchase from the above
	date: 1965–71
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			* <ul><li><!--block-->1974 object label</li><li><!--block-->2003 Object Report, curatorial file</li></ul>
			
			
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Fagg, William, and Cleveland Museum of Art. 1968. <em>African Tribal Images; the Katherine White Reswick Collection</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, cat. 73.
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art "1972 Year in Review." Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 60, no. 3, cat. 22.
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	African Arts 1972b, "New Acquisitions." African Arts 6, no. 1 (1972): 75.
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	Petridis, Constantijn. <em>South of the Sahara: selected works of African art. </em>Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2003.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. 15, p. 60 - 61
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