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Mask (Mbuya)
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Mask (Mbuya)

Maker Pende
Object number81.17.889
Provenance[Ed Primus, Los Angeles, California]; sold to Katherine White (1929-1980), Seattle, Washington, 1977; bequeathed to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1981
Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
Dimensions10 1/4 x 8 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (26 x 20.7 x 12 cm)
MediumWood and pigment
Photo: Paul Macapia
Yoruba
1920-40
Object number: 81.17.587
Photo: Scott Leen
Congolese
20th century
Object number: 2004.107
Mask
Wurkun
20th century
Object number: 97.62
Photo: Paul Macapia
Yoruba
Object number: 81.17.584
Single-faced Crest mask
Nigerian/Cameroonian
Object number: 81.17.508
Female spirit mask (kpan)
Ivorian
Object number: 51.14
Serpent mask
Burkina Faso
Object number: 81.17.86
Face mask (Kpelie-yehe)
Ivorian
Object number: 81.17.259