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Mask

Maker Dan
Object number81.17.195
ProvenanceCollection of {Ronay Roux?} (location unknown); sold to Katherine White (1929-1980), Seattle, Washington, 1966; 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. 54. Flint, Michigan, Flint Institute of Arts, The Art of Black Africa, Feb. 8 - Apr. 5, 1970. 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. 170, reproduced fig. P-2.Published ReferencesFlint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan, The Art of Black Africa, 1970, no. 43
Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
Dimensions8 1/2 x 5 1/4 x 3 in. (21.6 x 13.3 x 7.6 cm)
MediumWood and fiber
Mask: Poro Society
Dan
Object number: 68.48
Photo: Paul Macapia
Dan
1850 - 1980
Object number: 81.17.197.1
Photo: Paul Macapia
Dan
Object number: 81.17.196
Miniature mask
Dan
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