Dr. Charles Smith
Somalia Mask

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© Dr. Charles Smith

Somalia Mask
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ArtistAmerican, born 1940
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Somalia Mask
  • from the African-American Heritage Museum and Black Veteran's Archive
Date1986–2000
PlaceAurora, Illinois, United States
MediumConcrete, yarn, and paint
Dimensions22 × 20 × 8 1/2 in. (55.9 × 50.8 × 21.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Kohler Foundation, Inc.
Object number2003.1004
Not on view

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Department
Modern and Contemporary Art
Object Type
ProvenanceGiven to MFAH, 2003.
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