Face Mask (Mbuya jia Mukhetu: Nganga Ngombo?)

Provenance

Acquired in the Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) by Lore Kegel, 1956 [this and the following according to correspondence between Alex Dorn and Costa Petridis, Feb. 12, 2024; copy in curatorial object file]; given to Georg Kegel, Hamburg, 1957; sold, Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, Sept. 19, 2009, lot 380, to Cassiopeia Fine Arts, Chicago; sold to Kevin E. Lyle, Chicago, Oct. 21, 2009; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2024.

Face Mask (Mbuya jia Mukhetu: Nganga Ngombo?)

Pende

20th century

Accession Number

274190

Medium

Wood, raffia, and fibers

Dimensions

H.: 45.8 cm (18 in.)

Classification

masks

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Kevin E. Lyle