{
    "data": {
        "id": 282135,
        "accession_number": "2016.10",
        "share_license_status": "CC0",
        "tombstone": "Face Mask (Agboho mmuo), possibly early 1900s. Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Igbo-style maker. Wood, pigment, plant fiber, and cotton; overall: 16.9 x 11 x 6 cm (6 5/8 x 4 5/16 x 2 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Kim Sherwin, 2016.10",
        "current_location": null,
        "title": "Face Mask (Agboho mmuo)",
        "creation_date": "possibly early 1900s",
        "creation_date_earliest": 1900,
        "creation_date_latest": 1925,
        "artists_tags": [],
        "culture": [
            "Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Igbo-style maker"
        ],
        "technique": "Wood, pigment, plant fiber, and cotton",
        "support_materials": [],
        "department": "African Art",
        "collection": "African Art",
        "type": "Mask",
        "measurements": "Overall: 16.9 x 11 x 6 cm (6 5/8 x 4 5/16 x 2 3/8 in.)",
        "dimensions": {
            "overall": {
                "height": 0.169,
                "height_inch": 6,
                "height_inch_fraction": 0.625,
                "width": 0.11,
                "width_inch": 4,
                "width_inch_fraction": 0.3125,
                "depth": 0.06,
                "depth_inch": 2,
                "depth_inch_fraction": 0.375
            }
        },
        "state_of_the_work": null,
        "edition_of_the_work": null,
        "copyright": null,
        "inscriptions": [],
        "exhibitions": {
            "current": [],
            "legacy": []
        },
        "provenance": [
            {
                "description": "Kim Sherwin",
                "citations": [],
                "footnotes": null,
                "date": "?\u20132016",
                "sortorder": 2
            },
            {
                "description": "by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art",
                "citations": [],
                "footnotes": null,
                "date": "2016\u2013",
                "sortorder": 3
            }
        ],
        "find_spot": null,
        "related_works": [],
        "former_accession_numbers": [],
        "did_you_know": "Though always worn by a man, the imagery of this mask celebrates youthful female beauty.",
        "early_education_description": null,
        "artlens_description": null,
        "description": "This small face mask would have been complemented by a separate, elaborate superstructure covered with cotton cloth. Though always worn by a man, the image glorifies youthful female beauty. Derived from chalky clay, the white coloration of the face refers to ancestral spirits whose powers the mask evokes. The masks dance in festivals that generally celebrate the dead but also appear at funerals to escort the deceased to the land of the ancestors.",
        "external_resources": {
            "wikidata": [],
            "internet_archive": [
                "https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-2016.10-face-mask-iru-mmuo"
            ]
        },
        "citations": [],
        "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2016.10",
        "images": {
            "annotation": null,
            "web": {
                "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2016.10/2016.10_web.jpg",
                "width": "628",
                "height": "900",
                "filesize": "167478",
                "filename": "2016.10_web.jpg"
            },
            "print": {
                "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2016.10/2016.10_print.jpg",
                "width": "2374",
                "height": "3400",
                "filesize": "1960282",
                "filename": "2016.10_print.jpg"
            },
            "full": {
                "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2016.10/2016.10_full.tif",
                "width": "5188",
                "height": "7429",
                "filesize": "115656680",
                "filename": "2016.10_full.tif"
            }
        },
        "alternate_images": [
            {
                "web": {
                    "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2016.10/2016.10_alt0_web.jpg",
                    "width": "637",
                    "height": "900",
                    "filesize": "153583"
                },
                "print": {
                    "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2016.10/2016.10_alt0_print.jpg",
                    "width": "2408",
                    "height": "3400",
                    "filesize": "1844183"
                },
                "full": {
                    "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2016.10/2016.10_alt0_full.tif",
                    "width": "5300",
                    "height": "7483",
                    "filesize": "119008060"
                },
                "date_created": "2016-03-02T10:27:07",
                "annotation": ""
            },
            {
                "web": {
                    "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2016.10/2016.10_alt1_web.jpg",
                    "width": "663",
                    "height": "900",
                    "filesize": "169996"
                },
                "print": {
                    "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2016.10/2016.10_alt1_print.jpg",
                    "width": "2505",
                    "height": "3400",
                    "filesize": "1988240"
                },
                "full": {
                    "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2016.10/2016.10_alt1_full.tif",
                    "width": "5433",
                    "height": "7374",
                    "filesize": "120217524"
                },
                "date_created": "2016-03-02T11:25:37",
                "annotation": ""
            },
            {
                "web": {
                    "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2016.10/2016.10_alt2_web.jpg",
                    "width": "681",
                    "height": "900",
                    "filesize": "147106"
                },
                "print": {
                    "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2016.10/2016.10_alt2_print.jpg",
                    "width": "2572",
                    "height": "3400",
                    "filesize": "1768834"
                },
                "full": {
                    "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2016.10/2016.10_alt2_full.tif",
                    "width": "5406",
                    "height": "7147",
                    "filesize": "115938232"
                },
                "date_created": "2016-03-02T00:00:00",
                "annotation": ""
            },
            {
                "web": {
                    "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2016.10/2016.10_alt3_web.jpg",
                    "width": "711",
                    "height": "900",
                    "filesize": "125696"
                },
                "print": {
                    "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2016.10/2016.10_alt3_print.jpg",
                    "width": "2685",
                    "height": "3400",
                    "filesize": "1587700"
                },
                "full": {
                    "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2016.10/2016.10_alt3_full.tif",
                    "width": "5415",
                    "height": "6856",
                    "filesize": "111403368"
                },
                "date_created": "2016-03-02T13:32:32",
                "annotation": ""
            },
            {
                "web": {
                    "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2016.10/2016.10_alt4_web.jpg",
                    "width": "631",
                    "height": "900",
                    "filesize": "159337"
                },
                "print": {
                    "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2016.10/2016.10_alt4_print.jpg",
                    "width": "2382",
                    "height": "3400",
                    "filesize": "2012900"
                },
                "full": {
                    "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2016.10/2016.10_alt4_full.tif",
                    "width": "4966",
                    "height": "7087",
                    "filesize": "105609588"
                },
                "date_created": "2016-03-02T14:07:46",
                "annotation": ""
            }
        ],
        "creditline": "Gift of Kim Sherwin",
        "image_credit": null,
        "sketchfab_id": null,
        "sketchfab_url": null,
        "gallery_donor_text": null,
        "athena_id": 282135,
        "creators": [],
        "legal_status": "accessioned",
        "accession_date": "2016-03-07T00:00:00-05:00",
        "sortable_date": 1900,
        "date_added_to_oa": null,
        "date_text": "possibly early 1900s",
        "collapse_artists": false,
        "on_loan": false,
        "recently_acquired": false,
        "record_type": "object",
        "conservation_statement": null,
        "has_conservation_images": false,
        "cover_accession_number": null,
        "is_nazi_era_provenance": false,
        "impression": null,
        "alternate_titles": [],
        "is_highlight": false,
        "updated_at": "2026-05-29 08:51:31.339000"
    }
}