id:			149063
accession number:	1977.191
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1977.191
updated:		2025-02-09 03:54:57.056000

Face Mask, c. 1930. Africa, West Africa, Côte d'Ivoire or Liberia, Dan-style maker. Wood and colorant; overall: 26.7 cm (10 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katherine C. White 1977.191

title:				Face Mask
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creation date:			c. 1930
creation date earliest:		1925
creation date latest:		1935
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creditline:			Gift of Katherine C. White
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culture:	Africa, West Africa, Côte d'Ivoire or Liberia, Dan-style maker
technique:	Wood and colorant
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Mask
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measurements: Overall: 26.7 cm (10 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Power of the Mask in Africa
	opening date:   1997-10-15T00:00:00
	<i>The Power of the Mask in Africa</i>. Kent State University Art Galleries, OH (October 15-November 5, 1997).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA 1968: "African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection," cat. no. 56, repr.', 'opening_date': '1968-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Kent, OH: Kent State University, School of Art Museum. "The  Power of the Mask in Africa" (10/15-11/14/97) (no catalogue)', 'opening_date': '2011-10-15T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Mathias Komor, New York, NY
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			* <div><!--block-->CMA object file</div>
			
			
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	Katherine C. White
	date: by at least 1963
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			* <div><!--block-->Photograph of object from 1963; on loan to CMA by 1969 (CMA object file)</div>
			
			
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH by gift
	date: 1978–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Fagg, William, and Cleveland Museum of Art. 1968. <em>African Tribal Images; the Katherine White Reswick Collection</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, no. 56.
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