Mask

CulturePende

MediumWood and pigment

DimensionsOverall: 21 × 10 1/4 × 4 1/4 inches (53.34 × 26.04 × 10.8 cm)

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

Object number2013.47.53

On View

Not on view

Collections

African Art

Terms

Provenance

Camille Duyck (possibly b. 1869?), Brussels, Belgium, before 1940 [1];

With Marc Leo Félix, Brussels, Belgium, no. FX971230, 1997-June 2000 [2];

Donald (1927-2007) and Sally (1930-2017) Tranin, no. 199, Kansas City, MO, September 15, 2000;

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. According to the African Heritage Documentation and Research Centre database, www.ahdrc.eu, Duyck assembled his collection before 1940.

[2] Félix's stock number is written on the back side of the mask.

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