Initiation Camp Mask (Deangle)
Unidentified Dan maker
20th century
Wood and metal
Overall: 13 × 6 1/8 × 2 3/4 in. (33 × 15.5 × 7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of John A. Friede, Class of 1960
S.968.78
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
The Mask: It Covers, It Transforms, It Reveals, Wilson Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 30-Fal, 1982, organized by Tamara Northern's museology seminar, Anthro 81.
The Ritual Context of African Art, Dartmouth College Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May-September 1975.
Provenance
Collected at Dananas, Ivory Coast; Furman Gallery, New York; John A. Friede, New York; given to present collection, 1968.
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