Suah Buah (large dance) mask
Maker
Mambila
Maker
Cameroon
Object number81.17.707
ProvenanceAcquired by Katherine White (1929-1980), Seattle, Washington, 1969 (location unknown); 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. 143, reproduced pl. 143 (as "suah buah" mask).Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
Dimensions9 x 7 x 20 1/16 in. (22.9 x 17.8 x 50.9 cm)
MediumWood, pigment, and fiber
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