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Pair of Masks
c. 1945–50
Duga of Mẹkọ
Duga of Mẹkọ (Nigerian, Yorùbá peoples, 1880–1960)
African Art
Pair of Masks, c. 1945–50. Duga of Mẹkọ (Nigerian, Yorùbá peoples, 1880–1960). Wood and paint; part 1: 77.7 cm (30 9/16 in.); part 2: 86 cm (33 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katherine C. White 1975.168 Duga received a kind of "scholarship" for his apprenticeship with a master carver in Ketu. The Gẹ̀lẹ̀dé society paid for his training in exchange for masks he later carved for them.
- Maker/Artist
- Duga of Mẹkọ
- Classification
- Mask
- Formatted Medium
- Wood and paint
- Dimensions
- Part 1: 77.7 cm (30 9/16 in.); Part 2: 86 cm (33 7/8 in.)
- Departments
- African Art
- Accession Number
- 1975.168
- Credit Line
- Gift of Katherine C. White
- Exhibitions
- Arts of Africa: Gallery Rotation (African art rotation), CMA 1976: "Year in Review 1975," Bulletin LXIII (February 1976), p. 65, no. 18.A <br>CMA 1986: Possessors of Power: African Masks and Sculpture, January 28-March 23, 1986; The Beachwood Museum, April 2-30, 1986.
- Rights Statement
- Copyrighted
- Museum Location
- 108A Sub-Saharan
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