About the Artwork
Initiation Mask
between 1850 and 1900
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African
Yaka
Wood, paint, and raffia
Overall: 10 5/8 × 6 1/8 × 11 1/8 inches (27 × 15.6 × 28.3 cm)
Sculpture
African Art
Gift of Dr. Nathan Barrett
76.99
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Provenance
Dr. Nathan Barrett
1976-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Detroit Collects African Art. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, April 21 - May 29, 1977, no. 78 (ill.).
African Masterworks In The Detroit Institute of Arts. Washington and London: The Detroit Institute of Arts and Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995, cat. no. 63.
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Yaka, African, Initiation Mask, between 1850 and 1900, wood, paint, and raffia. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. Nathan Barrett, 76.99.
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