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        "tombstone": "Mask, c. 1945\u20131950. Duga of M\u1eb9k\u1ecd (Nigerian, Yor\u00f9b\u00e1 peoples, 1880\u20131960). Wood and paint; overall: 77.7 cm (30 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katherine C. White, 1975.168.1",
        "current_location": "108A African",
        "title": "Mask",
        "creation_date": "c. 1945\u20131950",
        "creation_date_earliest": 1945,
        "creation_date_latest": 1950,
        "artists_tags": [
            "male"
        ],
        "culture": [
            "Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Yor\u00f9b\u00e1 peoples"
        ],
        "technique": "Wood and paint",
        "support_materials": [],
        "department": "African Art",
        "collection": "African Art",
        "type": "Mask",
        "measurements": "Overall: 77.7 cm (30 9/16 in.)",
        "dimensions": {
            "overall": {
                "length": 0.777
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        },
        "state_of_the_work": null,
        "edition_of_the_work": null,
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        "inscriptions": [],
        "exhibitions": {
            "current": [
                {
                    "id": 446033,
                    "title": "Arts of Africa",
                    "description": "<i>Arts of Africa</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (December 10, 2021-July 2, 2023).",
                    "opening_date": "2021-12-09T05:00:00"
                }
            ],
            "legacy": [
                {
                    "description": "CMA 1976: \"Year in Review 1975,\" Bulletin LXIII (February 1976), p. 65, no. 18.A",
                    "opening_date": "1976-02-01T00:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "description": "CMA 1986:  Possessors of Power:  African Masks and Sculpture, January 28-March 23, 1986; The Beachwood Museum, April 2-30, 1986.",
                    "opening_date": "1930-04-02T00:00:00"
                }
            ]
        },
        "provenance": [
            {
                "description": "Herbert Baker",
                "citations": [],
                "footnotes": [
                    "<div><!--block-->Letter from Katherine White to William (Bill) Wixom December 16, 1975. CMA Archives</div>"
                ],
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            {
                "description": "Katherine C. White [1929-1980], Gates Mills, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art",
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                "date": "1975",
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            },
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                "description": "The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH",
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                "footnotes": null,
                "date": "1975\u2013",
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        ],
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        "did_you_know": "Duga received a kind of \"scholarship\" for his apprenticeship with a master carver in Ketu. The Ge\u0323\u0300le\u0323\u0300de\u0301 society paid for his training in exchange for masks he later carved for them.",
        "description": "Men in the Ge\u0323\u0300le\u0323\u0300de\u0301 society performed paired masks like these during annual masquerades honoring \u00ccy\u00e1 Nl\u00e1 (Great Mother). The event demonstrates respect for motherhood and female power within a male-dominated society. These ge\u0323\u0300le\u0323\u0300de\u0301 masks depict idealized \u201cbeautiful maidens\u201d with crocodiles perched atop their head ties. Such dangerous reptiles were linked to witches and the thunder god; their jointed tails swung realistically during performance. Multiple paint layers show how these masks were repainted to keep them looking fresh. Masks like these gained Duga his reputation as M\u1eb9k\u1ecd\u2019s best sculptor and a noted early 20th-century Yor\u00f9b\u00e1 artist.",
        "external_resources": {
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        },
        "citations": [
            {
                "citation": "Thompson, Robert Farris. 2023. <em>African Art in Motion</em>. Berkeley: University of California Press, p. 98-99.",
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        "creditline": "Gift of Katherine C. White",
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                "description": "Duga of M\u1eb9k\u1ecd (Nigerian, Yor\u00f9b\u00e1 peoples, 1880\u20131960)",
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                "birth_year": "1880",
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        "legal_status": "accessioned",
        "accession_date": "1976-01-08T00:00:00",
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        "date_text": "c. 1945\u20131950",
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        "cover_accession_number": "1975.168",
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        "alternate_titles": [
            "Gelede Mask"
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        "updated_at": "2026-03-27 00:08:13.685000"
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