Masked Dancer

CultureSongye

Daten.d.

MediumWood, leather, animal pelt, paint and textile

DimensionsOverall: 19 1/2 × 4 1/2 × 4 1/2 inches (49.53 × 11.43 × 11.43 cm)

Credit LineGift of Shirley and Barnett C. Helzberg Jr.

Object number2013.42.22

On View

Not on view

Collections

African Art

Terms

DescriptionStanding figure with a skirt of animal pelt, wearing a mask which is white and dark details, with coiffure adornmentProvenance

Provenance

Mr. Kalema [1];

Possibly purchased from Kalema by Marc Leo Félix, Brussels, Belgium, stock no. FX97143, by April 29, 1997 [2];

His gift to Shirley and Barnett C. Helzberg, Jr., Mission Hills, KS, 1997-2013;

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

NOTES:

[1] According to dealer Marc Leo Félix, in email correspondence with MacKenzie Mallon, Specialist, Provenance, February 13, 2023, NAMA curatorial files. This may be Charles Kalema, a dealer in Kinshasa, Congo, who died in the 1980s.

[2] Félix’s stock number is written on a label on the underside of the object’s base.

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