id:			148156
accession number:	1975.155
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1975.155
updated:		2022-06-23 09:00:46.673000

Mask (Kple Kple or Kouassi Gbe), late 1800s-early 1900s. Africa, West Africa, Côte d’Ivoire, Baule-style carver. Wood, resin, and paint; overall: 40.7 cm (16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katherine C. White 1975.155

title:				Mask (Kple Kple or Kouassi Gbe)
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creation date:			late 1800s-early 1900s
creation date earliest:		1875
creation date latest:		1925
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, resin, and paint
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Mask
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measurements: Overall: 40.7 cm (16 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. 80, repr.<br>CMA 1976: "Year in Review 1975," CMA Bulletin LXIII Feb., 1976), p. 66, no. 28

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PROVENANCE

	Metal Blast, Inc.; Katherine White Reswick
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fun fact: 
The wearer of this mask would secure it on his face by biting onto a (now-missing) piece of rope attached to the back.

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wall description: 
This <em>kple kple</em> mask belongs to the first of four pairs of masks that entertain as part of a performance sequence in the <em>goli</em> dance. The male in each pair dances first. The masks are worn by young boys in a rapid stamping dance. The masqueraders alternate with each other and watch their partners perform. The head of the male kple kple is painted red, whereas the female, like this example, is colored black.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Petridis, Constantijn. <em>South of the Sahara: selected works of African art. </em>Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2003.
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IMAGES

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