The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of March 24, 2024
Helmet Mask
mid- to late 1800s
Overall: 47 cm (18 1/2 in.)
Location: 108A Sub-Saharan
Description
Combining animal and human traits, this example of a genre of mask called suruku, meaning “hyena,” most likely belonged to the Korè, one of six power associations that the Malinke would have adopted from their Bamana neighbors. The Korè is concerned with the circumcision and initiation of male youths into adulthood. The mask probably served as one of the symbols of the different Korè classes.- 1927–1996Leonce and Pierre Guerre by purchase1996(Loudmer, Arts Primitifs: Collection Pierre Guerre, Paris, June 20, 1996, Lot #5, sold to Helene and Philippe Leloup)1996–2004Helene and Philippe Leloup, given to Madame Hérica Ravel2004Madame Hérica Ravel, Castera Verduzan, FR, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art2004–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Petridis, Constantine, "Celebrating Bamanaya", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 46 no. 02, February 2006 Mentioned & reproduced: p. 8 archive.orgCleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 28
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2004.84