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African Art
Explore image in Female Ancestral Mask
early 20th century
Ricinodendron wood and black pigment
15 1/2 × 9 × 11 in. (39.37 × 22.86 × 27.94 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James M. Osborn for the Linton Collection of African Art
1954.28.4
Geography:
Guinea Coast, Sierra Leone
Culture:
Temne, Bondo association
Period:
20th century
Classification:
Masks
Provenance:
Dr. Ralph Linton (1893–1953), by 1953 [see note 1]; by descent to his wife, Adelin Hohlfield Linton (1899–1977); sold to Marie-Louise Montgomery Osborn (1905–1968) and James Marshall Osborn (1906–1976), 1954; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.,1954
Note 1: Ralph Linton was the Sterling Professor of Anthropology at Yale from 1946 until his death in 1953.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
