Dan Mask, Ivory Coast or Liberia

Reportedly collected in situ by George Way Harley
John J. Klejman, New York
Mauricio and Emilia Lasansky, acquired from the above in 1965
By descent to the present owners

The University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, African Art from Iowa Private Collections, November 13, 1981 - January 10, 1982

Christopher D. Roy, African Art from Iowa Private Collections, Iowa City, 1981, p. 29, cat. 19, and illustrated on the cover

Very good condition for an object of this type and age. Very minor marks, nicks, scratches, and abrasions consistent with age and use. Remains of adhesive attaching a tuft of hair above the lip. Wear and small chips around rim on reverse. Old abrasions to rims of eyes possibly from previous attachments, now patinated over. Exceptionally fine glossy blackened patina on front and aged varied medium brown on reverse. Remains of an old sticker on reverse, and the number "0032" written in black ink.
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