SPECIAL ADVISORY: For the health and safety of our visitors and staff, the Yale University Art Gallery is closed to the public, including all Yale ID holders, until further notice. We apologize for the inconvenience.
African Art
Photo credit: Yale University Art Gallery
Explore image in Mask
early to mid-20th century
Wood, goat hide, nails, and pigment
8 3/4 × 5 1/2 × 4 in. (22.23 × 13.97 × 10.16 cm)
with base: 15 1/4 × 5 1/2 × 4 in. (38.74 × 13.97 × 10.16 cm)
with base: 15 1/4 × 5 1/2 × 4 in. (38.74 × 13.97 × 10.16 cm)
Gift of Alice Van Leuvan Hekster, M.M. 1959, in memory of her husband, Walter Hekster, M.M. 1963
2013.123.7
Geography:
Tanzania
Culture:
Makua or Makonde
Period:
20th century
Classification:
Masks
Provenance:
Andre Kirbach, Dusseldorf,Germany, unknown dates
Lavuun Quackelbeen, Brussels, Belgium, unknown dates
Gift of Alice Van Leuvan Hekster to Yale University Art Gallery in 2013
Bibliography:
Ferry Herrebrush, een keuze uit de verzameling van Walter Hekster (Amsterdam: Ferry Herrebrush, 2012), n.p., ill.
“Acquisitions 2014,” http://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2014_02.pdf (accessed December 1, 2014).
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
