Chokwe
Fiber Mask (Chikunza)
1849
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Chokwe
Fiber Mask (Chikunza)
1849
Physical Qualities
Bark cloth, wood, raffia fiber, pigment, 57 × 16 1/2 × 13 1/2 in. (144.8 × 41.9 × 34.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Asif Shaikh, Charlotte, North Carolina
Object Number
2020.45
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2020; Asif Shaikh, by purchase at Zemaneck-Munster, 2018-Present; Jean David of Zurich, by purchase, 2003 – 2018; Fritz Hieber of Brombach/Basel, by descent, ?? – 2003; Ernst Hieber of Brombach/Basel, by collection/purchase in Angola, Between 1880 and 1895
“Chokwe and their Bantu Neighbors,” Museum Haus der Volker, Schwz, Austria (May 2 – August 24, 2003) and Galerie Walu, Zurich, Switzerland (September 5 – November 1, 2003)
Kevin Tervala, "The Matter of Bark Cloth," Baltimore Museum of Art, May 7-October 1, 2023.
Kevin Tervala, "The Matter of Bark Cloth," Baltimore Museum of Art, May 7-October 1, 2023.
Stefan Eisenhofer, Karen Guggeis, and Reante Moller, "Afrikanische Kunst." Berlin: Kunstverlag, 2001. Page 93. Plate 91.
Reynold C. Kerr, ed. "Chokwe and Their Bantu Neighbors." Zurich: Jean David and Gerhard Merzeder, 2003. Plate 76.
