id: 171268
accession number: 2014.1
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url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2014.1
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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. Art Ancien De L’afrique Noire. Montréal: Jacques Germain Arts Ethnographiques, p.31.
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Petridis, Constantine. “Acquisition Highlights 2014: African Art.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 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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