Face Mask of a Young Woman
CultureM'Pongwe
Date19th century
MediumCarved wood
DimensionsOverall: 12 1/2 × 5 1/4 × 5 1/4 inches (31.75 × 13.34 × 13.34 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Berger
Object numberF82-49/2
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DescriptionOval face representing a young woman. She has a striated bipartite coiffure, bulging elliptical eyes with pierced slit eyeholes, arched eyebrows with medial ridge in forehead and thin, pursed lips. The perimeter is perforated for attachment. White pigment with black couffure and facial features. Well-patinated old wood.Exhibition HistoryTribal Art of the Congo, Jewett Arts Center, Wellesley College Museum, May 1-June 8, 1970, no. 3.
With J. J. Klejman, New York, by May 1970-January 2, 1971 [1];
Purchased from J. J. Klejman by Jerry D. (1917-2003) and Heather Berger, Shawnee Mission, KS, January 2, 1971-1982;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1982.
NOTES:
[1] Lent by Klejman to the exhibition Tribal Art of the Congo, Wellesley College Museum, Wellesley MA, May 1-June 8, 1970. Copy of Klejman invoice in NAMA curatorial file.
Tribal Art of the Congo, exh. cat. (Wellesley, MA: Jewett Arts Center, Wellesley College Museum, 1970), 3, 8.
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