Face Mask (Do)

[John J. Klejman, New York, until 1960]; Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York, 1960, on loan to The Museum of Primitive Art, 1960–1978

Art Institute of Chicago. "Senufo Sculpture from West Africa," Wednesday, February 20, 1963–Sunday, May 5, 1963.

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Cleveland Museum of Art. "Beyond Senufo: Art, History and Style in West Africa," February 22, 2015–May 31, 2015.

Saint Louis Art Museum. "Beyond Senufo: Art, History and Style in West Africa," June 28, 2015–September 27, 2015.

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Bravmann, René A. Islam and Tribal Art in West Africa. Cambridge University Press, 1974, p. 161, fig. 70.

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Veirman, Anja. "'Here a boy always becomes a sculptor, like his father': Albert Maesen and the Study of the Art of the Senufo." In Frans M. Olbrechts, 1899–1958: In Search of Art in Africa, edited by Constantine Petridis. Antwerp: Etnografisch Museum, 2001.

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