id:			148171
accession number:	1975.168.1
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1975.168.1
updated:		2025-02-13 22:32:04.408000

Mask, c. 1945–1950. Duga of Mẹkọ (Nigerian, Yorùbá peoples, 1880–1960). Wood and paint; overall: 77.7 cm (30 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katherine C. White 1975.168.1

title:				Mask
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creation date:			c. 1945–1950
creation date earliest:		1945
creation date latest:		1950
current location:		108A Sub-Saharan
creditline:			Gift of Katherine C. White
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culture:	Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Yorùbá peoples
technique:	Wood and paint
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Mask
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CREATORS

* Duga of Mẹkọ (Nigerian, Yorùbá peoples, 1880–1960)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 77.7 cm (30 9/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Arts of Africa
	opening date:   2021-12-09T05:00:00
	<i>Arts of Africa</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (December 10, 2021-July 2, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'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'}

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PROVENANCE

	Herbert Baker
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			* <div><!--block-->Letter from Katherine White to William (Bill) Wixom December 16, 1975. CMA Archives</div>
			
			
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	Katherine C. White [1929-1980], Gates Mills, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1975
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1975–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Thompson, Robert Farris. 2023. <em>African Art in Motion</em>. Berkeley: University of California Press, p. 98-99.
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