Mask called kasangu of the Ibuku society

CultureSalampasu

MediumWood, textile, raffia

DimensionsOverall: 11 × 9 × 7 1/2 inches (27.94 × 22.86 × 19.05 cm)

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

Object number2013.47.54

On View

Not on view

Collections

African Art

Terms

Provenance

With Kunsthandel Lemaire, Amsterdam, by 1939-late 1960s;

Purchased from Kunsthandel Lemaire by a Flemish collector, late 1960s [1];

Purchased from the unknown Flemish collector by the dealer Marc Leo Félix, Brussels, Belgium, no. FC61392, by November 1988 [2];

Purchased from Félix by Donald (1927-2007) and Sally (1930-2017) Tranin, Kansas City, MO, no. 133, November 20, 1988;

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 documentation provided at the time of the object’s purchase, NAMA curatorial files, this mask was in the Lemaire collection before World War II and was sold when Galerie Lemaire went out of business in the late 1960s to a Flemish collector, from whom Félix purchased it. The identity of this collector is currently unknown.

[2] Félix’s stock number is written on the bottom of the object.

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