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 ArtObject Type
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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1900–1950
Cotton cloth, flannel, glass beads, raffia cloth, indigo dye, and cane (?)
97.341
1945–1960
Wood, gold leaf, and wire staples
97.1268
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1950–1960
Plant fiber, paint, cassowary feathers, human hair, and shell
89.258
