Dan
Dancing Spirit Mask (Tankë Ge / Tanka Gle / Tankirgle)
Dan, 1900
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Dan
Dancing Spirit Mask (Tankë Ge / Tanka Gle / Tankirgle)
Dan, 1900
Physical Qualities
Wood, 9 7/16 × 7 1/16 × 5 1/8 in. (24 × 18 × 13 cm.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Saidie A. May
Object Number
1951.388
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1951; Saidie A. May; purchased from Pierre Matisse, N.Y. in 1947; ex Charles Ratton, Paris
"The Art of Liberia," Nov 5, 1968-Jan 5, 1969, cat. no. 2, BMA.
African Reinstallation, "Public Art," April 2015, Wurtzburger Galleries, BMA, Kathryn Gunsch.
African Reinstallation, "Public Art," April 2015, Wurtzburger Galleries, BMA, Kathryn Gunsch.
'The Art of Liberia,' Baltimore: BMA, 1969, cat. no. 2.
BMA Record, 'The Saidie A. May Collection,' vol. 3, no. 1, 1972, illus. p. 43.
Frederick Lamp, 'Baltimore's African Art Collection,' in Topic (USIF), no. 155, pp. 30-36, repr. p. 34.
Frederick Lamp, 'African Art at The Baltimore Museum of Art,' in African Arts, Nov. 1983, XVII, no. 1, pp. 32-46, repr. p. 34.
Frederick John Lamp, "See the Music Hear the Dance: Rethinking African Art at the Baltimore Museum of Art." New York: Prestel, 2003, p. 99, ill.
Susan Helen Adler, "Saidie May Pioneer of Early 20th Century Collecting" Baltimore: Stonehouse Design, 2008, p. 228.
Baltimore Museum of Art. "The Baltimore Museum of Art: Celebrating a Museum." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2014.
