Unknown African
Elephant Mask

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Artist Unknown African

CultureBabanki peoples

Titles

Elephant Mask

Datec. 1920–1980

Made inCameroon

MediumWood

Dimensions50 1/2 × 26 × 10 in. (128.3 × 66 × 25.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Accessions Endowment Fund

Object number2013.213

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

203M Sterling Galleries

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Department

African Art

Object Type

SCULPTURE

ProvenanceAmbassador Hume Alexander Horan, Washington, D.C., before 1984; The Robbins Center for Cross Cultural Communication, Washington, D.C., 1984–2013; [Sotheby's, New York, May 16, 2013, lot 58]; purchased by MFAH, 2013.
Exhibition HistoryThe College of Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, Ohio, Art of Africa: Objects from the Collection of Warren Robbins, January 16 - March 5, 2007; additional venues:
William Weston Clarke Emison Museum of Art, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, September 21 - December 16, 2007
Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan, January 18 - May 18, 2008
Ruthmere Museum, Elkhart, Indiana, May 31 - September 14, 2008
Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia, October 3 - December 29, 2008
Meredith Gallery, Virginia State University, Petersburg, Virginia, January 23 - March 22, 2009
Haggin Museum of Art, Stockton, California, April 26 - July 19, 2009
Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, Florida, August 7 - October 4, 2009
Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science, Evansville, Indiana, January 17 - March 14, 2010
Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery at Keene State College, Keene, New Hampshire, September 1 - October 27, 2010
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Gallery at College of the Holy Cross, Worchester, Massachusetts, January 26 - April 1, 2011
Charles H. MacNider Art Museum, Mason City, Iowa, April 21 - June 19, 2011
Howard University Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., September 5 - November 28, 2011
Historic City Hall Arts & Cultural Center, Lake Charles, Louisiana, January 13 - March 10, 2012

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