About the Artwork
Mask
19th - 20th century
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African
Ibibio
Wood, pigment
13 × 7 3/8 × 5 1/4 inches (33 × 18.7 × 13.3 cm)
Sculpture
African Art
Gift of Frederick Stearns
68.192
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
Frederick Stearns Collection
1968-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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DIA, SPIRITS AND ANCESTORS, Young Peoples Series, vol 1, 1970, p 17 (ill).
Flint Institute of Arts, THE ART OF BLACK AFRICA, Feb - April, 1970.
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Ibibio, African, Mask, 19th - 20th century, wood, pigment. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Frederick Stearns, 68.192.
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