Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Suah Buah (Large Dance Mask)
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Image View:
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Mask, with duck-like bill or mouth pointed down, from left side
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Creator:
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unknown (Mambila sculptor)
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Location:
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exhibition: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Montréal, Québec, Canada)
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Location Note:
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From Africa to the Americas: Face-to-Face Picasso, Past and Present (2018 exhibition)
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Date:
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19th-20th centuries (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Mambila; Nigerian; West African (general)
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Style Period:
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Mambila
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Work Type 1:
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ceremonial mask
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Work Type 2:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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pigment; blackened wood
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Technique:
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carving (processes); painting and painting techniques
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Subjects:
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abstraction; animal; dance; ceremony; zoomorphic; ritual
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Description:
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The Mambila speaking people of Nigeria live on the Mambilla plateau with a small population also in Camaroon. The Suah Buah zoomorphic masks are worn on the top of the head and are carved for use in initiation. Most of these are characterized by red ocher paint that is applied, along with white chalk on a soot blackened background. They are characterized by backward curving horns and open duck-like bills. (Source: Art and Life in Africa (University of Iowa) [website]; https://africa.uima.uiowa.edu/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-AFRICAN-FAFFM-SDD-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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