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Mask
c. 1945–1950
Duga of Mẹkọ
Duga of Mẹkọ (Nigerian, Yorùbá peoples, 1880–1960)
African Art
Mask, c. 1945–1950. Duga of Mẹkọ (Nigerian, Yorùbá peoples, 1880–1960). Wood and paint; overall: 77.7 cm (30 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katherine C. White 1975.168.1 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
- Overall: 77.7 cm (30 9/16 in.)
- Departments
- African Art
- Accession Number
- 1975.168.1
- 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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