Mask (Kakuungo) | Yale University Art Gallery

early 20th century

Medium: Wood, raffia, pigment, brass tacks, animal hair, and resin
Dimensions: 52 × 24 × 22 in. (132.08 × 60.96 × 55.88 cm)
Credit Line: Charles B. Benenson, B.A. 1933, Collection
Accession Number: 2006.51.289
Geography: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Culture: Suku
Period: 20th century
Classification: Masks
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Provenance

Sotheby's, New York, January 20, 1982, lot 266. Charles B. Benenson Collection, donated to Yale University Art Gallery in 2004

Bibliography

Frederick John Lamp, Amanda Maples, and Laura M. Smalligan, Accumulating Histories: African Art from the Charles B. Benenson Collection at the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2012), 207, ill

"Acquisitions, July 1, 2005–June 30, 2006," in "Photography at Yale," special issue, Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2006), 222

Sotheby's, New York, Fine African and Oceanic Art, sale cat. (January 20, 1982), lot 266, ill

Object copyright

Additional information

Object/Work type

ceremonial objects, masks (costume)

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