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Mask (Mbuya)

Datemid-20th century
MediumWood, pigment, raffia, and trade cloth
DimensionsOverall: 14 × 9 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (35.6 × 23.5 × 16.5 cm)
Credit LineR. T. Miller Jr. Fund
Object number1955.37
Status
Not on view
Exhibition History
African Art
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (February 6, 1956 - March 6, 1956 )
The African Image
  • The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH (February 1, 1959 - February 22, 1959 )
Masks and Masquerades
  • Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA (February 5, 1961 - April 2, 1961 )
A Matter of Taste: The African Collection at the Allen Memorial Art Museum
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 2, 2002 - June 2, 2002 )
Selections from the Ralph T. Coe Collection of African Art
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (October 3, 2002 - December 10, 2002 )
From Africa to America
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 24, 2007 - July 29, 2008 )
Collections
  • African & Oceanic
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