Mask

CultureKuba peoples

Date20th century

MediumWood and pigment

DimensionsOverall: 18 × 9 1/8 × 11 inches (45.72 × 23.18 × 27.94 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Tranin Family from the collection of Donald H. Tranin

Object number2013.47.27

On View

Not on view

Collections

African Art

Terms

Provenance

Probably Mrs. van Lierde, Democratic Republic of Congo [1];

Private collection, Belgium [2];

With Marc Leo Félix, Brussels, Belgium, no. FC6938, by January 1986 [3];

Purchased from Félix by Donald (1927-2007) and Sally (1930-2017) Tranin, Kansas City, MO, no. 131, May 4, 1986;

By descent to their son, Ed Tranin, Leawood, KS, and their daughter, Laura Tranin, Seattle, WA, by 2013;

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

NOTES:

[1] According to Marc Leo Félix, in email correspondence with MacKenzie Mallon, Specialist, Provenance, February 13, 2023, NAMA curatorial files.

[2] According to Félix, in documentation provided at the time of the object’s purchase, NAMA curatorial files, this mask was “in a famous collection in Zaire and then in a Belgian collection for a while.” The identity of the Belgian collection is currently unknown.

[3] Félix’s stock number is listed as FC6938 in the object documentation, but the stock number listed on the invoice is FC6204.

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