id:			149771
accession number:	1979.83
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1979.83
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:44.564000

Mask, late 1800s–early 1900s. Native North America, Northwest Coast, Alaska, Tlingit. Wood (alder), pigment; overall: 21.4 x 17.2 x 8.9 cm (8 7/16 x 6 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1979.83

title:				Mask
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creation date:			late 1800s–early 1900s
creation date earliest:		1850
creation date latest:		1950
current location:		231 Native North American
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Native North America, Northwest Coast, Alaska, Tlingit
technique:	wood (alder), pigment
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Native North America
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 21.4 x 17.2 x 8.9 cm (8 7/16 x 6 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1979
	opening date:   1980-02-13T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1979</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 13-March 9, 1980).

	title:		The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2006-06-09T00:00:00
	<i>The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA 1980:  "Year in Review 1979," Bull., LXVII (March, 1980), p. 96, cat. #43, repr. p. 94', 'opening_date': '1980-03-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'MOCA Cleveland (6/9/2006 - 8/20/2006):  "The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art", no. 48, p. 118.', 'opening_date': '2006-06-09T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	de Menil, Houston; (Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., sale #4291, lot #348)
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1979." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 67, no. 3 (1980): 58-99.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 43, p. 94; Mentioned: p. 62
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159667

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