Warrior's Association Mask (Agwe Chaka)
Unidentified Widekum maker
20th century
Wood, antelope hide, raffia palm rib, human hair, and kaolin
Overall: 17 in. (43.2 cm)
Overall: 17 in. (43.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall
S.973.318
Geography
Place Made: Cross River Area, Cameroon, Central Africa, Africa
Period
20th century
Object Name
Ceremonial Artifact: Mask
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Exhibition History
Arts of West and Central Africa, The Johnson Gallery, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, February 8-29, 1976.
Correspondences: African Sculpture at the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 12, 1996-March 2, 1997.
Faces of Culture: Masks from the Permanent Collection, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 1991-November 1993.
Recent Acquisitions, Jaffe-Friede Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 17-27, 1974.
The Ritual Context of African Art, Dartmouth College Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May-September 1975.
Publication History
Treasures of the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1985, p. 71, no. 43.
Provenance
Evelyn Annenberg Friede Jaffe Hall (1911-2005); given to present collection, 1973.
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