Mbuya ya Mukhetu Female Face Mask
Female Face Mask (Mbuya ya Mukhetu)
Attribution: Museum-publishedProvenance: Museum accession
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 (Mbuya ya Mukhetu)”, dated Early/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.
Record
| People / culture | Pende |
|---|---|
| Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Common name | Female Face Mask (Mbuya ya Mukhetu) |
| Form category | Face mask |
| Materials | Wood, pigment, and raffia |
| Dimensions | drape fabric: 40.7 × 25.4 × 30.5 cm (16 × 10 × 12 in.) |
Provenance
Cornelis Pieter Meulendijk (died 1979), Rotterdam, by 1967 [see Afrikaanse sculpturen uit de collectie van C. P. Meulendijk, 1967]; sold, Christie's, London, Oct. 21, 1980, lot no. 157, to Michael Wyman Gallery, Chicago; sold to Neal Ball, Chicago, Oct. 1984; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2018.
| Collection | The Art Institute of Chicago |
|---|---|
| Accession number | 2018.125 |
Source
The Art Institute of Chicago, Female Face Mask (Mbuya ya Mukhetu), accession 2018.125. https://www.artic.edu/artworks/123761
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/123761
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