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Mask of Wisdom (Gbona Gla)
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Mask of Wisdom (Gbona Gla)
Wè, 1933
Physical Qualities
Wood, paint, cloth, fur, glass beads, hair, plant fibers, iron teeth, 18 x 15 3/4 x 6 11/16 in. (45.7 x 40 x 17 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Berk and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Whitehouse
Object Number
1969.11
African Reinstallation, "Modern Masquerade," April 2015, Wurtzburger Galleries, BMA, Kathryn Gunsch.
"BMA Today," November - December 2004, p. 15, ill.
Frederick John Lamp, "See the Music Hear the Dance: Rethinking African Art at the Baltimore Museum of Art." New York: Prestel, 2003, p. 43, ill.
African Spirit Series [brochure], Baltimore Museum of Art, 2003-2004. ill.
