Tankagle, Mask assoicated with Entertainment
Unidentified Dan maker
19th or 20th century
Wood and metal
Overall: 8 13/16 × 6 1/8 × 2 15/16 in. (22.5 × 15.5 × 7.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Morton D. May, Class of 1936
S.968.15
Geography
Place Made: Côte d'Ivoire or Liberia, Western Africa, Africa
Period
20th century
Object Name
Ceremonial Artifact: Mask
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Exhibition History
African Art from the Permanent Collection, Barrows Windows, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 1- March 30, 1975.
Art That Lives? Exploring Figural Art from Africa, Allvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 25, 2009-July 2010.
The Mask: It Covers, It Transforms, It Reveals, Organized by Tamara Northern's museology seminar (Anthro 81), WIlson Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 1982.
The Ritual Context of African Art, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 1-September 1, 1975.
Publication History
Alexander Bortolot, Art That Lives? Exploring Figural Art from Africa, Hood Mueum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2009, ill. p. 12, no. 5.
Provenance
Morton D. May (1914-1983, Class of 1936); given to present collection, 1968.
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