Female Face Mask (Mwana Pwo)
Attribution follows a published museum catalogue or peer-reviewed scholarship. Object is held in a public collection under a published accession number.
Catalogued by The Art Institute of Chicago as “Female Face Mask (Mwana Pwo)”, dated Late 19th/early 20th century. Harvested from the museum’s open-access record; every field below is copied from that record and none of it has been inferred.
| People / culture | Chokwe |
|---|---|
| Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Common name | Female Face Mask (Mwana Pwo) |
| Form category | Face mask |
| Materials | Wood, fiber, beads, and pigment |
| Dimensions | 45.8 × 24.8 × 22.3 cm (18 × 9 3/4 × 8 3/4 in.) |
Helen and Mace Neufeld, Beverly Hills, CA; sold, Sotheby’s, New York, November 14, 1989, lot 279, to Ravi Kumar, Paris and New York [this and the following according to personal communication from Pace Primitive, dated May 22, 2013, documented in curatorial file; Pace Primitive inventory #54-0383]; sold on consignment by Pace Primitive, New York, NY, to John and Barbara Buxton, Shango Galleries, Dallas, TX, 1992 [Pace Primitive invoice #3501]; sold to the Art Institute, 1992.
| Collection | The Art Institute of Chicago |
|---|---|
| Accession number | 1992.731 |
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