Mask
Attribution follows a published museum catalogue or peer-reviewed scholarship. Object is held in a public collection under a published accession number.
Catalogued by The Art Institute of Chicago as “Mask”, dated Late 19th century. Harvested from the museum’s open-access record; every field below is copied from that record and none of it has been inferred.
| People / culture | Sha |
|---|---|
| Country | Nigeria |
| Common name | Mask |
| Materials | Wood and rubber |
| Dimensions | 58.5 × 19.1 × 30.5 cm (23 × 7 1/2 × 12 in.) |
Ralph Nash, London, by 1972 [this and the following according to personal conversation from R. Faletti dated July 26, 2000, documented in curatorial file]; Michel Huguenin, Galerie Majestic, Paris, by 1972 [Arts Primitif in Arts d'Afrique Noire, vol. 3 (1972), back cover]; sold to Alan Mann, London, by 1989; sold to Judith Nash, Judith Small Gallery, New York, N.Y., by 1989 [see correspondence in curatorial file]; sold to Richard Faletti (died 2006) and Barbara Faletti (died 2000), Chicago, Ill. and Phoenix, Ariz., 1989 [invoice of sale daed March 15, 1989, in curatorial file]; given to the Art Institute, 2000.
| Collection | The Art Institute of Chicago |
|---|---|
| Accession number | 2000.319 |
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/155960
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