id:			148162
accession number:	1975.160
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1975.160
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:37.472000

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
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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

* {'description': 'CMA 1968: "African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection," cat. no. 159, repr.', 'opening_date': '1968-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA 1976: "Year in Review 1975," CMA Bulletin LXIII (Feb., 1976), p. 66, no. 31, repr.p. 64.', 'opening_date': '1976-02-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA 1986:  Possessors of Power;  African Masks and Sculpture, January 28-March 23, 1986; also at The Beachwood Museum, April 2-30, 1986.', 'opening_date': '1930-04-02T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Katherine C. White
	date: at least 1968–1975
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			* <div><!--block-->This work was included in&nbsp;<em>African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection</em>&nbsp;in 1968. Katherine Coryton White was also known as Katherine White Reswick and Katherine Merkel.</div>
			
			
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art by Gift
	date: 1975–
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