Mask
Maker
Liberian
Maker
Mano
Object number81.17.198
Provenance[Merton D. Simpson Gallery, New York]; purchased from gallery by Katherine White (1929-1980), Seattle, Washington, 1963; 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. 57 (as Bird Mask).
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-1.
Bellingham, Washington, The Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Masks: Facing the World, July 30 - November 8, 1987
Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
Dimensions8 1/2 x 5 3/8 x 8 1/16 in. (21.6 x 13.7 x 20.5 cm)
MediumWood and pigment
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