Mask
Mask
Artist
Northern Dan Peoples
African
Place of OriginCôte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
Date1950s
Dimensions14 × 10 in. (35.6 × 25.4 cm)
Mediumcarved wood with polychrome decoration.
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1970.46
Not on View
Collections
Published References"African Art," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 16, no. 2, 1973, p. 32, repr. fig. 4.Comparative ReferencesSee also Leuzinger, Elsy, Africa, the Art of Negro Peoples, New York, Crown Publishers, Inc., 1960, p. 101, pl. 16, pp. 98-99.
- Sculpture
cf. Willett, Frank, African Art, an Introduction, New York, Praeger, 1971, p. 185, figs. 174, 175, p. 184.
cf. Leiris, Michel and Jacqueline Delange, African Art, New York, Golden Press, 1968, p. 108, pl. 105.
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