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Mask

CultureLuntu
Date1900-1925
MediumFiber, wickerwork, feathers, textile, and kaolin
DimensionsOverall: 22 × 11 × 11 inches (55.88 × 27.94 × 27.94 cm)
Credit LineGift of Shirley and Barnett C. Helzberg Jr.
Object number2013.42.13
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionWoven fiber mask with open round holes for eyes, defined linear eyebrows and mouth, coiffure of feathers, large, fiber beardProvenance

A missionary collection [1];

With Marc Leo Félix, Brussels, Belgium, stock no. FX 990198, by March 20-June 25, 1999 [2];

Purchased from Félix by Shirley and Barnett C. Helzberg, Jr., Mission Hills, KS, June 25, 1999-2013;

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2013.

NOTES:

[1] According to Marc Leo Félix, in documentation provided at the time of the object’s purchase, NAMA curatorial files. The identity of this missionary collection is currently unknown.

[2] A hanging tag with Félix’s stock number is attached to the back of the object.

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