Fly Whisk with Four Masks

Arts of Africa

Late 19th/early 20th century

Baule
Côte d’Ivoire
Coastal West Africa

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Africa

Culture: Baule
Title: Fly Whisk with Four Masks
Place: Côte d'Ivoire (Object made in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1875–1925
Medium: Wood and leather
Dimensions: 61 × 10.2 × 5.1 cm (24 × 4 × 2 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor
Reference Number: 1975.381

Unknown owner, before 1975 [correspondence with the Gray Gallery in file]; consigned to Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, Ill., by 1975; sold to the Art Institute, 1975.

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