Mask

CultureKran

MediumWood

DimensionsOverall: 9 1/2 × 7 × 7 inches (24.13 × 17.78 × 17.78 cm)

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

Object number2013.47.25

On View

On view

Gallery Location

Collections

African Art

Terms

Provenance

Hubert Goldet (1945-2000), Paris, after 1970 [1];

William Rubin (1927-2006), New York [2];

With Michael Oliver, Inc., New York, NY, by October 1982;

Purchased from Michael Oliver, Inc. by Donald (1927-2007) and Sally (1930-2017) Tranin, Kansas City, MO, no. 151, October 1, 1982;

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 Michael Oliver, in documentation provided by at the time of the object’s purchase, NAMA curatorial files. Goldet began collecting in 1970, see Raoul Lehuard, “La collection Hubert Goldet,” Arts d’Afrique Noire 31 (Fall 1979): 5.

[2] According to Oliver (see note 1).

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