Portrait Mask

early 20th century

African Art

On view, 1st floor, African Art
Medium

Wood and pigment

Dimensions

11 × 6 3/8 × 3 3/8 in. (27.94 × 16.19 × 8.57 cm)

Credit Line

Charles B. Benenson, B.A. 1933, Collection

Accession Number

2006.51.237

Geography

Guinea Coast, Côte d'Ivoire

Culture

Baule

Period

20th century

Classification

Masks

Disclaimer

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 records is ongoing.

Provenance
Gaston de Havenon, New York: unknown date-April 28, 1980
Charles B. Benenson Collection, donated to Yale University Art Gallery in 2004

Bibliography
  • Frederick John Lamp, Amanda Maples, and Laura M. Smalligan, Accumulating Histories: African Art from the Charles B. Benenson Collection at the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2012), 189, ill
  • Barkley L. Hendricks, "Acquisitions, July 1, 2005–June 30, 2006," in "Photography at Yale," special issue, Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2006), 222
  • Richard Barnes, "Objects of Desire," Yale Alumni Magazine (September/October 2004), 33, ill
  • Susan Vogel, Baule: African Art, Western Eyes, exh. cat. (New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 1997), 26, ill
  • Susan Vogel and Jerry L. Thompson, Closeup: Lessons in the Art of Seeing African Sculpture from an American Collection and the Horstmann Collection, exh. cat. (New York: Museum for African Art, 1990), 141, fig. 70
Object copyright
Copyright Undetermined
Additional information

Object/Work type

ceremonial objects, masks (costume)

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