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Female Mask (Lipiko)

Yao and Makonde

Female Mask (Lipiko)

Yao, 1933-1966

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Female Mask (Lipiko)

Yao, 1933-1966

Physical Qualities Wood, hair, metal, kaolin, 7 7/8 × 8 1/4 × 11 13/16 in. (20 × 21 × 30 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Nancy and Robert H. Nooter, Washington, D.C.
Object Number 1994.265
Frederick John Lamp, "See the Music Hear the Dance: Rethinking African Art at the Baltimore Museum of Art." New York: Prestel, 2003, p.214, ill.
Alexander Bortolot, "A Language for Change: Creativity and Power in Mozambican Makonde Masked Performance, ca. 1900-2004:," Unpublished Ph.d. dissertation, Columbia University,

Gary Van Wyk, ed. "Shangaa: Art of Tanzania," Queens, NY: Queens Community College Art Gallery, 2013. (In BMA library)

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Yao

2000–2000

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Makonde

2000–2000

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