Gu Female Face Mask

Female Face Mask (Gu)

Attribution: Museum-publishedProvenance: Museum accession

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 “Female Face Mask (Gu)”, dated Early 20th century. Harvested from the museum’s open-access record; every field below is copied from that record and none of it has been inferred.

Record

People / cultureGuro
CountryCôte d'Ivoire
Common nameFemale Face Mask (Gu)
Form categoryFace mask
MaterialsWood and pigment
Dimensions31.8 × 13 × 9.8 cm (12 1/2 × 5 1/8 × 3 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Walter S. (died 1954) and Kate L. Brewster (died 1947), Chicago, Ill., by 1947; bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1950.

CollectionThe Art Institute of Chicago
Accession number1950.154

Source

The Art Institute of Chicago, Female Face Mask (Gu), accession 1950.154. https://www.artic.edu/artworks/68498

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/68498

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