Elephant Mask

CultureBamileke peoples
Titles
  • Elephant Mask
Date1900–1950
PlaceCameroon, Africa
MediumCotton cloth, flannel, glass beads, raffia cloth, indigo dye, and cane (?)
DimensionsOverall: 55 1/2 × 24 7/8 × 7 3/4 in. (140.9 × 63.2 × 19.7 cm)
Overall (including stand): 56 3/4 × 24 7/8 × 7 3/4 in. (144.1 × 63.2 × 19.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by The Brown Foundation, Inc. and the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment
Object number97.341
Non exposé

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Department
African Art
ProvenanceBryce Holcombe (d. 1983), New York, by 1983; Estate of Bryce Holcombe, New York, 1984; [Pace Primitive, New York]; [Joel Cooner Gallery, Dallas, 1993–1997]; purchased by MFAH, 1997.
Exhibition HistoryDisplayed at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,Caroline Wiess Law Building in the Large Sterling Gallery, November 4, 1998-September 1999. Permanent Collection Installation.

Exhibited in "Masks: Faces of Culture," at the Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri, October 8, 1999 to January 2, 2000; the Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois, February 19 to May 14, 2000; and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 25 to September 17, 2000. Exhibition organized by the Saint Louis Art Museum. (LN:99.5)

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Raffia, cane, other plant fibers, feathers, paint, and twine
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97.811.A,.B
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1895–1905
Raffia, cotton cloth, cowry shells, glass beads, and brass bells
92.451
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Painted wood, leather, cloth, feathers, evergreen twigs, beads, string
44.415