Mask
Maker
Makonde
Object number81.17.1221
Provenance[Julius Carlebach Gallery, New York]; purchased from gallery by Katherine White (1929-1980), Seattle, Washington, 1962; bequeathed to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1981
Exhibition HistoryCleveland, Ohio, Cleveland Museum of Art, African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection, July 10 - Sept. 1, 1968 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania Museum, Oct. 10 - Dec. 1, 1968). Text by William Fagg. Cat. no. 283 (as Helmet Mask), reproduced.
Los Angeles, California, Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, African Art in Motion: Icon and Act, Jan. 20 - Mar. 17, 1974 (Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, May 5 - Sept. 22, 1974). Text by Robert Farris Thompson. No cat. no., p. 124, reproduced fig. H-11.Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
Dimensions12 1/8 x 9 1/16 x 9 7/16 in. (30.8 x 23 x 24 cm)
MediumWood
SE. Tanzania/ N. Mozambique, Makonde culture
early 20th century
Object number: 2023.13.14
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