About the Artwork
Maboom Mask
19th or 20th century
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African
Kuba
Wood, fabric, beads, cowrie shell, hide, and hair
Overall: 19 3/4 × 13 × 13 inches (50.2 × 33 × 33 cm) Including base: 25 1/2 × 13 1/2 × 13 inches (64.8 × 34.3 × 33 cm)
Sculpture
African Art
Founders Society Purchase, African, Oceanic, & New World Cultures General Fund, and partial gift of Mr. and Mrs. Milford Nemer
1994.79
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
Milford Nemer (Southfield, Michigan, USA)
1994-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Kuba, African, Maboom Mask, 19th or 20th century, wood, fabric, beads, cowrie shell, hide, and hair. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, African, Oceanic, & New World Cultures General Fund, and partial gift of Mr. and Mrs. Milford Nemer, 1994.79.
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