id:			147842
accession number:	1974.203
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1974.203
updated:		2022-01-04 16:48:09.065000

Portrait Mask (mblo), early-mid 1900s. Africa, West Africa, Côte d’Ivoire, Baule-style carver. Wood and paint; overall: 41.2 cm (16 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katherine C. White 1974.203

title:				Portrait Mask (mblo)
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creation date:			early-mid 1900s
creation date earliest:		1900
creation date latest:		1960
current location:		108A Sub-Saharan
creditline:			Gift of Katherine C. White
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culture:	Africa, West Africa, Côte d’Ivoire, Baule-style carver
technique:	Wood and paint
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Mask
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measurements: Overall: 41.2 cm (16 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture
	opening date:   1975-09-24T04:00:00
	<i>Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA 1968: "African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection," cat. no. 78, repr.<br>CMA 1975: "Year in Review 1974," CMA Bulletin LXII (March, 1975), p. 97, no. 26<br>CMA 1975: "Traditions and Revisions," cat. no. 110.

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wall description: 
Male and female mblo masks, highly valued by the Baule people, are used in a variety of entertainment dances. Wearing elaborate coiffures and delicate facial scars, they are seen as portraits of known individuals. Their idealized rendering embodies core traits of Baule aesthetics, including lustrous skin, a high forehead, and downcast eyes, signs of good health, intelligence, and admiration, respectively.
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