About the Artwork
Tshifwebe Style Mask
between 1880 and 1920
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African
Songye
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Overall: 16 1/4 × 7 × 8 1/4 inches (41.3 × 17.8 × 21 cm)
Sculpture
African Art
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Gordon Douglas III
76.171
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Mr. and Mrs. J. Gordon Douglas III (New York, New York, USA)
1977-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Songye, African, Tshifwebe Style Mask, between 1880 and 1920. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Gordon Douglas III, 76.171.
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