Wood, human hair, buttons, pigment, cloth, fiber, webbing, and cord
22 1/16 x 12 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (56 x 31.8 x 11.4 cm)
Gift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
81.17.1226
Provenance: Collection of Daniel Brody, Seattle, Washington; sold to Katherine White (1929-1980), Seattle, Washington, 1971; bequeathed to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1981
Not currently on view
Resources
Exhibition HistoryLos Angeles, California, Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, African Art in Motion: Icon and Act, Jan. 20 - Mar. 17, 1974 (Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, May 5 - Sept. 22, 1974). Text by Robert Farris Thompson. No cat. no., p. 125, reproduced pl. 159 (as "nkho komba" mask).
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