id:			148153
accession number:	1975.152
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1975.152
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:37.413000

Helmet Mask, early to mid-1900s. Africa, West Africa, Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo-style carver. Wood, upholstery studs, and colorant; overall: 34.9 cm (13 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katherine C. White 1975.152

title:				Helmet Mask
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series:				
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creation date:			early to mid-1900s
creation date earliest:		1900
creation date latest:		1950
current location:		108A Sub-Saharan
creditline:			Gift of Katherine C. White
copyright:			

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culture:	Africa, West Africa, Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo-style carver
technique:	Wood, upholstery studs, and colorant
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Mask
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measurements: Overall: 34.9 cm (13 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Senufo: Art and Identity in West Africa
	opening date:   2015-02-22T00:00:00
	<i>Senufo: Art and Identity in West Africa</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 22-May 31, 2015); Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO (June 28-September 27, 2015); Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France (November 28, 2015-March 6, 2016).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA 1968: "African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection," cat. no. 22, repr.', 'opening_date': '1968-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA 1976: "Year in Review 1975," CMA Bulletin LXIII Feb., 1976), p. 66, no. 29, repr. p. 64', 'opening_date': '1976-02-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'The Cleveland Museum of Art (2/22/15-5/31/15) Saint Louis Art Museum (6/28/15/-9/27/15) Musée Fabre, montpellier France (11/28/15-3/6/16) "Senufo: Art Identity in West Africa;', 'opening_date': '2015-02-22T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	J. J. Klejman, New York, NY
	date: 1963    
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			* <div><!--block-->Recorded on an undated info sheet (c. 1969) in curatorial file</div>
			
			
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	Katherine C. White [1929-1980], Gates Mills, OH, by purchase from the above
	date: ?–1975
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			* <div><!--block-->1966 – 1970&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Lived in Gates Mills, OH (articles also mention Bratenahl, OH). Known as&nbsp;</div><div><!--block-->Katherine White Reswick, Katherine C. White (Reswick), Mrs. James B. Reswick</div>
			
			
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art by gift
	date: 1975–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Fagg, William. <em>African Tribal Images; the Katherine White Reswick Collection</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1968.
	page number: 	No. 22
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	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1975.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 63, no. 2 (1976): 31–71.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 64, no. 29; mentioned: p. 66, no. 29.
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152624

	Petridis, Constantijn. <em>South of the Sahara: Selected works of African Art. </em>Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2003.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 44-45, color plate 7
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	Petridis, Constantine. “Buffalo Helmets of Tussian and Siemu Peoples of Burkina Faso.” <em>African Arts</em> 41, no. 3 (2008): 26–43.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 35; mentioned: p. 38.
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/20447898

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 30
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	Gagliardi, Susan Elizabeth, and Constantijn Petridis. <em>Senufo Unbound: Dynamics of Art and Identity in West Africa</em>. 2014.
	page number: 	Reproduced:  pp. 174-5, fig. 127.
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	Gagliardi, Susan Elizabeth, and Constantijn Petridis. <em>Senufo Unbound: Dynamics of Art and Identity in West Africa. </em>Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2015.
	page number: 	pp. 174-5, fig. 127
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	"Art on View: Art and Identity in West Africa." <em>Tribal Art</em> 19, no. 74 (Winter 2014): 70.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 70
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	Gagliardi, Susan Elizabeth and Constantine Petridis. "Senufo Unbound: Dynamics of Art and Identity in West Africa."<em> African Arts</em> 48, no. 1 (Spring 2015): 6-23.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 15, fig. 11
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IMAGES

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