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AdiukruLate 19th or early 20th century
- Attribution
- Possibly Attie/Atye/Akye or Adiukru Unknown Lagoons region, Côte d'Ivoire Coastal West Africa
- Medium
- Wood, pigment, and fur
- Physical dimensions
- H.: 26.4 cm (10 3/8 in.)
- Credit line
- African and Amerindian Art Purchase Fund; through prior acquisition from the Gaffron Collection
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Some of the masquerades that were popular across southern and central Côte d’Ivoire in the 19th and early 20th centuries have evolved and remain active today, but the small, flat masks of the various interrelated peoples of the southern Lagoon region have faded and grown obsolete. This is one of only three such masks housed in a museum collection. Animal fur (possibly monkey) stands in for hair and a beard while the circular mark on the forehead represents a shaved hairstyle.
Description: Art Institute of Chicago · CC BY 4.0