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Mask (Mukudj)

c. 1935

Africa, Central Africa, Gabon, Punu-style carver

Wood, kaolin, and paint
Overall: 38.2 cm (15 1/16 in.)
Gift of Katherine C. White 1972.329
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

The performer who wore this mask performed while wearing stilts.
  • ?–1973
    Katherine White Reswick (Katherine C. White)
    1973–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art by gift
  • Fagg, William, and Cleveland Museum of Art. 1968. African Tribal Images; the Katherine White Reswick Collection. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, no. 216.
    Perrois, Louis, and Charlotte Grand-Dufay. 2008. Punu. Milan: 5 Continents, plate 29.
  • Kent, OH: Kent State University, School of Art Museum. "The Power of the Mask in Africa" (10/15-11/14/97) (no catalogue)
    The Power of the Mask in Africa. Kent State University Art Galleries, OH (October 15-November 5, 1997).
    Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975).
    CMA 1973: "Year in Review 1972," CMA Bulletin LX (March, 1973), p. 107, no. 35.
    Year in Review: 1972. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).
    CMA 1968: "African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection," cat. no. 216, repr.
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