  About the Artwork
  
  
  Title
  Mask (Elvis Presley), aka &quot;Elvisi&quot;
  
  
  Artwork Date
  mid-20th century
  
  Artist
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  Life Dates
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  Nationality
  
  
  
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  Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events.
  Some definitions include:
  Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation.
  
  
  
  African
  
  
  
  Culture
  
  
  
  Please note:
  Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group.
  
  
  
  
  Chewa
  
  
  Medium
  Wood, hair, paint
  
  
  Dimensions
  Overall: 30 × 23 × 6 inches (76.2 × 58.4 × 15.2 cm)
  
  
  Classification
  Sculpture
  
  
  Department
  African Art
  
  
  Credit
  Museum Purchase, funds from a partial gift of Dr. Gary van Wyk and Lisa Brittan in honor of Dr. Nii Quarcoopome, additional funds from the Director&#039;s Discretionary Fund, African Art Gallery Committee Fund, Eleanor Ferry Memorial Fund, and African Art Fund; gifts of Frederick Stearns, Governor and Mrs. G. Mennen Williams, anonymous donor, and Lawrence Buell, by exchange
  
  
  
  Accession Number
  
  
  
  This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection.
  Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings.
  For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups.
  
  
  
  2018.34
  
  
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