About the Artwork
Mask
early 20th century
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African
Lwena
Carved wood with pigment
Sculpture
African Art
Bequest of Sophie Pearlstein
2019.230
Lwena, African, Mask, early 20th century, carved wood with pigment. Detroit Institute of Arts.
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Provenance
Sophie Pearlstein (Southfield, Michigan, USA)
2020-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Lwena, African, Mask, early 20th century, carved wood with pigment. Detroit Institute of Arts.
Lwena, African, Mask, early 20th century, carved wood with pigment. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Sophie Pearlstein, 2019.230.
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