Poro Society Mask, between 19th and 20th century

  • Dan, African

Wood and feathers

  • Overall: 8 1/2 × 5 1/2 × 2 3/4 inches (21.6 × 14 × 7 cm)

Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill

70.80

On View

  • African: Masquerades, Level 1, North

Department

African Art

Inscribed, in paint, on back: 2617

Galerie Percier. estate of Robert H. Tannahill [1893-1969]

1970-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Detroit Collects African Art. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, April 21-May 29, 1977, no. 43. Bostick, W.A. Robert Hudson Tannahill Memorial Exhibition. Exh. cat., Grosse Pointe War Memorial. September 7-18, 1978, no. 20. African Masterworks In The Detroit Institute of Arts. Washington and London: The Detroit Institute of Arts and Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995, cat. no. 13.

Dan, African, Poro Society Mask, between 19th and 20th century, wood and feathers. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill, 70.80.