Mask (gela)

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

mediaCollectionId

AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

true

AMICA ID:

CMA_.1971.294

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CMA_.1971.294

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

2003

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2003

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Sculpture

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Sculpture

Object Type

false

Creator Nationality:

Africa, Ivory Coast, Ngere/We, 20th century

crc

Africa, Ivory Coast, Ngere/We, 20th century

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Africa, Ivory Coast, Ngere/We, 20th century

crt

Africa, Ivory Coast, Ngere/We, 20th century

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Mask (gela)

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Mask (gela)

Title

false

Title Type:

Primary

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Primary

Title Type

false

View:

Full View

rid

Full View

View

false

Creation Date:

c. 1940s

oct

c. 1940s

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

1940

ocs

1940

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

1949

oce

1949

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

wood, metal, cloth, fur, hair, tusks, and pigment

omd

wood, metal, cloth, fur, hair, tusks, and pigment

Materials and Techniques

false

Classification Term:

Sculpture

clt

Sculpture

Classification Term

false

Style or Period:

Africa, Ivory Coast, Ngere/We, 20th century

std

Africa, Ivory Coast, Ngere/We, 20th century

Style or Period

false

Dimensions:

Overall: 38.1cm

met

Overall: 38.1cm

Dimensions

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Cleveland Museum of Art

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The Cleveland Museum of Art

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

oop

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

1971.294

ooa

1971.294

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

Gift of Katherine C. White

ooc

Gift of Katherine C. White

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.clevelandart.org/museum/disclaim2.html

orl

<a href="http://www.clevelandart.org/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clevelandart.org/museum/disclaim2.html</a>

Rights

false

Provenance:

Harry Franklin, Los Angeles

opo

Harry Franklin, Los Angeles

Provenance

false

Context:

This was probably a warrior's mask designed for psychological warfare: it provoked awe and fear in the enemy and inspired its supporters. The combination of diverse, power-laden media with their various visual qualities marshals spiritual forces. The gaping, red mouth with metallic teeth, animal tusks, carved wooden representations of animals' teeth, and the bulging tubular eyes combine to evoke power and aggression -- both physical and spiritual -- in order to move the viewer.See video

cxd

This was probably a warrior's mask designed for psychological warfare: it provoked awe and fear in the enemy and inspired its supporters. The combination of diverse, power-laden media with their various visual qualities marshals spiritual forces. The gaping, red mouth with metallic teeth, animal tusks, carved wooden representations of animals' teeth, and the bulging tubular eyes combine to evoke power and aggression -- both physical and spiritual -- in order to move the viewer.See video

Context

false

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Mask (gela)