Bedu Mask

CultureNafana, Kulango, or Degha peoples
Titles
  • Bedu Mask
Datec. 1948–1962
PlaceCote d'Ivoire or Ghana
MediumPainted wood
Dimensions108 × 50 × 4 in. (274.3 × 127 × 10.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of D. and J. de Menil
Object number62.2
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
211M Jones Galleries
On view

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Department
African Art
Provenance[J. J. Klejman (1906–1995), New York]; purchased by John de Menil (1904–1973) and Dominique de Menil (1908–1997), Houston; given to MFAH, 1962.
Exhibition History"African Art as Philosophy," Rice Institute for the Arts, September 27–January 19, 1975.

"A Modern Patronage: de Menil Gifts to American and European Museums," The Menil Collection, Houston, June 8–September 16, 2007.

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