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Sowei mask

Date19th-20th century

Object number81.17.184

ProvenanceCollection of Mark Lissauer, Melbourne, Australia; sold to Katherine White (1929-1980), Seattle, Washington, 1969; bequeathed to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1981

Exhibition HistoryLos 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., pp. 126-7, reproduced pl. 160 (as "bundu" mask).

Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company

Dimensions14 3/16 x 8 1/8 x 8 7/8 in. (36 x 20.7 x 22.5 cm)

MediumWood