Mask

Unidentified Mau maker

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Wood

Overall: 15 3/4 in. (40 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Harry A. Franklin Family Collection

2019.97.5

Geography

Place Made: Cote d'Ivoire, Western Africa, Africa

Object Name

Ceremonial Artifact: Mask

Research Area

Africa

Not on view

Exhibition History

Recontextualizing 'Primitive' Art: Melanesian and African Works, An Exhibition in Process, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 72, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 29-May 25, 1997.

Provenance

Acquired by Harry A. Franklin (1904-1983), Los Angeles, California, date unknown; bequeathed to the Harry A. Franklin Family Collection, Los Angeles, California, 1983; given to present collection, 2019.

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