Entertainment Mask (TANKAGLE)
Unidentified Dan maker
20th century
Wood, metal, cotton, and hair
Overall: 11 × 5 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (27.9 × 14 × 6.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Joseph A. Wilkes, Class of 1941, and Winthrop W. Faulkner
S.973.247
Geography
Place Made: Côte d'Ivoire or Liberia, Western Africa, Africa
Period
20th century
Object Name
Ceremonial Artifact: Mask
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Exhibition History
The Mask: It Covers, It Transforms, It Reveals, Wilson Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshrie, April 30-Fall 1982, organized by students in Tamara Northern's museology seminar, Anthro 81.
The Ritual Context of African Art, Dartmouth College Museum, Dartmouth Collge, Hanover, New Hampshire, May-September, 1975.
Provenance
Joseph A. Wilkes (1919-2010, Class of 1941) and Winthrop W. Faulkner (1931-2004) [Architectural partners]; given to present collection, 1973.
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