October 21, 2016 - January 22, 2017 - The exhibition Traces focuses on one artwork from UMMA’s African holdings: a Chokwe mask that was collected in 1905 near the Angolan city of Dundo by the German explorer Leo Frobenius. Traces tells the stories of some of these individuals as it reconstructs the “biography” of the mask. Drawing on the Museum’s African art collection and complemented with national loans, the exhibition is informed by research that exposes the mask’s many layers and restores some of its historical complexity.
Dates:October 21, 2016 11:00 am to January 22, 2017 05:00 pm
Address:525 South State Street , Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
Phone:734.764.0395
Contact:The University of Michigan Museum of Art
Website:http://www.umma.umich.edu/content/traces-reconstructing-history-chokwe-mask