id:			169324
accession number:	2011.196
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2011.196
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:27.905000

Helmet Mask, possibly early to mid-1900s. Africa, West Africa, Mali, Bamana-style blacksmith-carver. Wood and organic materials; overall: 36 cm (14 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2011.196

title:				Helmet Mask
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creation date:			possibly early to mid-1900s
creation date earliest:		1900
creation date latest:		1950
current location:		108A Sub-Saharan
creditline:			Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Africa, West Africa, Mali, Bamana-style blacksmith-carver
technique:	Wood and organic materials
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Mask
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 36 cm (14 3/16 in.)
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	inscription:	The inside of the mask bears the inscription with white ink of the number 107
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Senufo: Art and Identity in West Africa
	opening date:   2015-02-22T00:00:00
	<i>Senufo: Art and Identity in West Africa</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 22-May 31, 2015); Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO (June 28-September 27, 2015); Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France (November 28, 2015-March 6, 2016).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'The Cleveland Museum of Art (2/22/15-5/31/15) Saint Louis Art museum (6/28/15-9/27/15) Musée Fabre,Montpellier, France (11/28/15-3/6/16) "Senufo: Art and identity in West Africa"', 'opening_date': '2015-02-22T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Robert Jacobsen [1912-1993], Copenhagen, Denmark
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	Reginauld Groux, Paris
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	Urs Albrecht, Basel, Switzerland
	date: ca. 1980s–2005
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	Ernst Beyeler [1921-2010], Riehen/Basel, Switzerland (as selling agent for Albrecht)
	date: 2005
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	Private collection, New York, NY
	date: 2005–2011
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2011–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Gagliardi, Susan Elizabeth, and Constantijn Petridis. <em>Senufo Unbound: Dynamics of Art and Identity in West Africa</em>. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2015.
	page number: 	pp. 260-261, fig. 197
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IMAGES

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print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2011.196/2011.196_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2011.196/2011.196_full.tif