Helmet Mask (Mukenga)
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 “Helmet Mask (Mukenga)”, dated Possibly late 19th to mid -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 | Kuba |
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| Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Common name | Helmet Mask (Mukenga) |
| Materials | Wood, glass beads, cowrie shells, feathers, raffia, fur, fabric, thread, monkey hair, and bells |
| Dimensions | 57.5 × 24.1 × 20.3 cm (22 5/8 × 9 1/2 × 8 in.); deck mount/post: 94.7 × 45.8 × 73.7 cm (37 1/4 × 18 × 29 in.) |
Peter Loebarth, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Belgium, by late 1970s; sold to Jacques Hautelet, Brussels, Belgium, and La Jolla, Calif., during late 1970s [personal communication documented in curatorial file, 10/6/2013]; sold to the Art Institute, 1982.
| Collection | The Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Accession number | 1982.1504 |
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/99539
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