Mask

Object Number:

AF5115

Current Location:

Out on loan

Culture:

Basonge

Provenience:

Zaire
Kasai District

Section:

African

Materials:

Wood
Pigment

Description:

Wood. Dark brown or black mask with white striations (vertical). Cf. AF1881.

Height:

37.5cm

Width:

24.1cm

Credit Line:

Purchased from Vignier

Other Number:

23133-4	-	Museum Archives Number
048	-	Cast Number

Current & Past Exhibitions:

African Gallery ( Aug 1995)

Mask Parade (31 Oct 1947)

African Sculpture from the University Museum (22 Nov 1986 - 08 Feb 1987)

Evocative Images: African Sculpture from the University Museum (Traveling version of "African Sculpture from the University Museum") ( Sep 1988 - Apr 1990)

Bibliography:

[Catalogue] Wardwell, Allen. 1986. African Sculpture from the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania. : Page/Fig./Plate: Cover, 122-123

[Book] University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. 1987. Poster: Evocative Images University Museum, University of Pennsylvania.

[Catalogue] Plass, Margaret. 1957. African Negro Sculpture: A Walk Through the Gallery. : Page/Fig./Plate: 62

[Article] 1947. Masks. The University Museum Bulletin. 13:1 : Page/Fig./Plate: Cover

[Journal] Wieschhoff, H. A. The African Collections of The University Museum Vol.: Vol. 11, Nos. 1-2. : Page/Fig./Plate: 32