About the Artwork
Mask
between 19th and 20th century
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African
Bamana
Stamped metal and wood
Overall: 14 3/4 × 6 3/8 × 5 3/4 inches (37.5 × 16.2 × 14.6 cm)
Sculpture
African Art
Founders Society Purchase, Joseph H. Boyer Memorial Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Shelden III and Mr. and Mrs. Conrad H. Smith.
72.242
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
(Alan Brandt, Inc., New York, New York, USA)
1972-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Herbert, E.W. Red-Gold Copper Arts of Africa. Exh. cat., Mt. Holyoke College Art Museum. Massachusettes, September 4-October 31, 1984, checklist no. 7.
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Bamana, African, Mask, between 19th and 20th century, stamped metal and wood. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Joseph H. Boyer Memorial Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Shelden III, et al., 72.242.
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