id:			148162
accession number:	1975.160
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1975.160
updated:		2023-02-24 19:03:04.912000

Mask, c. 1920s. Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Ibibio-style maker. Wood, pigment, plant fiber, and metal; overall: 49.5 cm (19 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katherine C. White 1975.160

title:				Mask
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creation date:			c. 1920s
creation date earliest:		1920
creation date latest:		1929
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creditline:			Gift of Katherine C. White
copyright:			

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culture:	Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Ibibio-style maker
technique:	Wood, pigment, plant fiber, and metal
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Mask
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measurements: Overall: 49.5 cm (19 1/2 in.)
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA 1968: "African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection," cat. no. 159, repr.<br>CMA 1976: "Year in Review 1975," CMA Bulletin LXIII (Feb., 1976), p. 66, no. 31, repr.p. 64.<br>CMA 1986:  Possessors of Power;  African Masks and Sculpture, January 28-March 23, 1986; also at The Beachwood Museum, April 2-30, 1986.

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Among the Ibibio, this Ekpo mask with a serene face depicts a beautiful, beneficent soul. This one probably honored a young Ibibio maiden who graduated from the "fattening house," an initiation school where she was fed rich foods to strengthen and beautify her. The bead suspended around the neck of the surmounting head is an insignia of graduation. The double-braided coiffure may have been inspired by Victorian fashions observed by the sculptor in magazines or worn by English missionary women.
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