The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of February 6, 2023

Face Mask

c. 1930

Africa, West Africa, Côte d'Ivoire or Liberia, Dan-style maker

Wood and colorant

Overall: 26.7 cm (10 1/2 in.)

Gift of Katherine C. White 1977.191

Location

not on view

Provenance
Mathias Komor, New York, NY 1
by at least 1963
Katherine C. White 2
1978–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH by gift

Provenance Footnotes

1 CMA object file
2 Photograph of object from 1963; on loan to CMA by 1969 (CMA object file)
Exhibition history

CMA 1968: "African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection," cat. no. 56, repr.

Kent, OH: Kent State University, School of Art Museum. "The Power of the Mask in Africa" (10/15-11/14/97) (no catalogue)

The Power of the Mask in Africa. Kent State University Art Galleries, OH (October 15-November 5, 1997).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1977.191