Mask: Elu

Object number81.17.535

ProvenanceCollection of René Rasmussen (1912-1979), Paris, France; sold to Katherine White (1929-1980), Seattle, Washington, 1971; 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., p. 122, reproduced fig. H-5 (as mask).

Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company

Dimensions7 1/8 x 4 13/16 x 4 1/8 in. (18.1 x 12.2 x 10.5 cm)

MediumWood, pigment, fiber, and bamboo