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Source Description
Central Côte d'Ivoire is characterized by cultural assimilation and adoption. Connections can be seen in masquerades and in composite mask forms. Here, masks often blend human and animal features, and the depiction of elephant traits is a recurring theme. Yaure peoples associated elephant masks with a cult called Dye, and they appear when important sacrifices have to be made.
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Document identity
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146109
label
Face Mask
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object
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1
Source metadata
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146109
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object
title
Face Mask
description
Central Côte d'Ivoire is characterized by cultural assimilation and adoption. Connections can be seen in masquerades and in composite mask forms. Here, masks often blend human and animal features, and the depiction of elephant traits is a recurring theme. Yaure peoples associated elephant masks with a cult called Dye, and they appear when important sacrifices have to be made.
date
early 1900s
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Mask
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 31.7 cm (12 1/2 in.)
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Africa, West Africa, Côte d'Ivoire, possibly Yaure-style carver
accession
1971.296
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Wood, paint, and colorant
tombstone
Face Mask, early 1900s. Africa, West Africa, Côte d'Ivoire, possibly Yaure-style carver. Wood, paint, and colorant; overall: 31.7 cm (12 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katherine C. White, 1971.296
collection
African Art
formerAccessionNumbers
748.68
didYouKnow
The carver compressed the scale of both the elephant's ears and tusks in this mask.
citations
citation
Fagg, William, and Cleveland Museum of Art. 1968. <em>African Tribal Images; the Katherine White Reswick Collection</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, cat. 73.
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art "1972 Year in Review." Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 60, no. 3, cat. 22.
citation
African Arts 1972b, "New Acquisitions." African Arts 6, no. 1 (1972): 75.
citation
Petridis, Constantijn. <em>South of the Sahara: selected works of African art. </em>Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2003.
page_number
Reproduced: cat. 15, p. 60 - 61
creditline
Gift of Katherine C. White
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2026-05-29 07:29:42.156000
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146109
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African Art
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African Art
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Wood, paint, and colorant
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1
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0
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photo
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