Mask Surmounted by a Lizard-like Animal (Kholuka)

early 20th century

African Art

On view, 1st floor, African Art
Medium

Wood, rattan, cloth, pigment, and leather

Dimensions

25 × 7 1/2 × 8 7/8 in. (63.5 × 19 × 22.5 cm)

Credit Line

Charles B. Benenson, B.A. 1933, Collection

Accession Number

2006.51.429

Geography

Democratic Republic of the Congo, or Angola

Culture

Yaka

Period

20th century

Classification

Masks

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Ruth and Ernst Anspach, New York: 1967-unknown date
Michael Oliver, New York, unknown dates
Pace Gallery, New York: unknown date-1981
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), 258, ill
  • "Acquisitions, July 1, 2005–June 30, 2006," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2006), 222
  • Richard Barnes, "Objects of Desire," Yale Alumni Magazine (September/October 2004), 40, ill
  • Frederick John Lamp, "Charles Benenson and His Legacy of African Art to Yale," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2004), 29, ill
  • Brainard Hall Art Gallery, African Sculpture: Rare and Familiar Forms from the Anspach Collection, exh. cat. (Potsdam: State University of New York, 1975), no. 27
  • Museum of Primitive Art, African Tribal Sculpture from the Collection of Ernst and Ruth Anspach, exh. cat. (New York: Museum of Primitive Art, November 15, 1967–Febuary 4, 1968), 27, ill
Object copyright
Copyright Undetermined
Additional information

Object/Work type

ceremonial objects, masks (costume)

Subject

animals

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