The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 22, 2025
Mask
late 1800s–early 1900s
Overall: 21.4 x 17.2 x 8.9 cm (8 7/16 x 6 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.)
Location: 231 Native North American
Description
In 1998, Robert Joseph, a Northwest Coast chief, recalled that when he donned ceremonial dance masks as a youth, "all the world is somewhere else . . . I am the mask . . . the bird . . . the animal . . . the spirit. I transcend into the being of the mask." Although this mask's identity is lost, it may represent a mythic ancestor of a Tlingit family and perhaps was worn during a winter ceremony.- de Menil, Houston; (Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., sale #4291, lot #348)
- Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1979." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 67, no. 3 (1980): 58-99. Reproduced: cat. no. 43, p. 94; Mentioned: p. 62 www.jstor.org
- The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).MOCA Cleveland (6/9/2006 - 8/20/2006): "The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art", no. 48, p. 118.CMA 1980: "Year in Review 1979," Bull., LXVII (March, 1980), p. 96, cat. #43, repr. p. 94Year in Review: 1979. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 13-March 9, 1980).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1979.83