About the Artwork
Konow Ancestral Mask
20th century
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African
Bamana
Wood, fabric, domestic feathers, metal and paint
Overall: 72 × 50 inches (182.9 × 127 cm)
Sculpture
African Art
Museum Purchase, Friends of African and African American Art, and Africa, Oceania, Indigenous Americas General Fund
2007.164
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
(Galerie Albert Loeb, Paris, France)
2007-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Bamana, African, Konow Ancestral Mask, 20th century, wood, fabric, domestic feathers, metal and paint. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Friends of African and African American Art, and Africa, Oceania, Indigenous Americas General Fund, 2007.164.
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