Do Muso Mask

Place CreatedCôte d'Ivoire, Africa

CultureDyula

Datelate 18th-late 19th Century

MediumPewter, brass, copper

Credit LineGift of Charles S. Ackerman and Joanne McGill-Ackerman

Object number2017.032.125

Exhibition HistoryThe Sculpture of Negro Africa, Art Center of La Jolla, La Jolla, California, May 1960 - March 1961
The Art of Black Africa: Collection of Jay C. Leff, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 24, 1969 - January 18, 1970
MCCM Permanent Collection Installation, November 19, 2007 - December 1, 2014
MCCM Permanent Collection Installation, August 6, 2016 - Present
Published ReferencesPaul Wingert, The Sculpture of Negro Africa (La Jolla: Art Center, 1960), cover image; number 32.
MCCM Newsletter, March-May 2008.

ProvenanceEx coll. Jay C. Leff (1924-2000), Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Ex coll. Charles S. Ackerman (1933-2017), Atlanta, Georgia, purchased at Sotheby's New York, November 14, 2003, lot 39.

Status

On view

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