Elephant Mask
Unidentified Bamileke maker
late 19th-early 20th century
Raffia, cotton, cotton cloth, and glass trade beads
Overall: 39 3/8 × 22 1/16 in. (100 × 56 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Lisa Bradley
181.20.26274
Geography
Place Made: Grassfields region, Cameroon, Central Africa, Africa
Period
19th century
Object Name
Ceremonial Artifact: Mask
Research Area
Africa
Textiles and Costumes
Not on view
Course History
ARTH 85, Senior Seminar in Theory and Method, Mary Coffey, Fall 2014
Exhibition History
African Art: A Teaching Exhibition, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 44, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 31-December 6, 1998.
Arts Education Services, Peter Smith Studio, Wilson Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.
Peoples and Cultures of Africa, Anthropology 44, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 29 - December 18, 1994.
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachussets, March 15, 2016-June 30, 2018.
Provenance
"French Source"; Lisa Bradley, New York; given to present collection, 1981.
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