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Punu

Female Ancestor Mask (Mukudj’)

Punu, 1900

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Punu

Female Ancestor Mask (Mukudj’)

Punu, 1900

Physical Qualities Wood, kaolin, pigment, 12 5/8 x 9 13/16 x 9 7/16 in. (32 x 25 x 24 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number 1954.145.63
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1954; Alan Wurtzburger, Baltimore
"Meditations on African Art: Color," April 18, 2007-August 19, 2007, BMA, Karen Milbourne.
'The Wurtzburger Collection of African Sculpture,' The Baltimore Museum of Art, Jan. 12 - Feb. 14; Cat. 63, illus. p. 24.

'Wurtzburger Collection,' June 21 - Aug. 31, 1954.

'African Sculpture,' The Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY, Oct. 8 - Nov. 7, 1954.
BMA Today, "Spring 2007," p.10, ill.
Perrois, Louis and Charlotte Grand-Dufay, "Visions of Africa: Punu," 2008, Milan: 5 Continents Editions, illus. plate 6, p. 136.
BMA Today, "Summer 2009," p. 18, ill.

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