id:			171268
accession number:	2014.1
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2014.1
updated:		2025-05-05 19:54:48.408000

Mask (wan-balinga), early 1900s. Africa, West Africa, Burkina Faso, Mossi-style blacksmith-carver. Wood and paint; overall: 34 x 14 x 14 cm (13 3/8 x 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 2014.1

title:				Mask (wan-balinga)
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creation date:			early 1900s
creation date earliest:		1900
creation date latest:		1925
current location:		108A Sub-Saharan
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Africa, West Africa, Burkina Faso, Mossi-style blacksmith-carver
technique:	Wood and paint
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Mask
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measurements: Overall: 34 x 14 x 14 cm (13 3/8 x 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Charles Ratton, Paris, France
	date: before 1967
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	Evelyn Annenberg Hall & William Jaffe, New York, NY
	date: 1967–?
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	Galerie Jacques Germain, Montreal, Canada
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	(Galerie Jacques Germain, Montreal, Canada, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–2014
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2014–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Germain, Jacques, Céline Marti, and Hughes Dubois. 2006. <em>Art Ancien De L’afrique Noire</em>. Montréal: Jacques Germain Arts Ethnographiques, p.31.
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	Petridis, Constantine. “Acquisition Highlights 2014: African Art.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> vol. 55, no. 2 (March/April 2015): 17.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 17.
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2015-02

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