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Pere

Mask

1899-1932

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Pere

Mask

1899-1932

Physical Qualities Wood, pigment, paint, 10 1/2 × 6 1/2 × 6 1/2 in. (26.7 × 16.5 × 16.5 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Asif Shaikh, Charlotte, North Carolina
Object Number 2019.191
The Baltimore Museum of Art, by gift, 2019 - present;
Ex. Asif Shaikh, by purchase, 2006-2019;
Ex. Axis Gallery, Axis Gallery, New York, United States, by purchase, 2005-2006;
Ex. Neumeister Moderne, Munich, Germany, 2005;
Ex. Walter and Molly Bareiss, by purchase, late 1990s – 2005;
Ex. Marc Leo Felix, by purchase, late 1980s - late 1990s;
Ex. Jimmy [a truck driver from the Seychelles who transported goods in Northern Kivu and Ituri], by purchase, late 1980s;
Ex. Unidentified leader in a Pere community, by commission, ??? - late 1980s
African Mini-Installation
Felix, Marc Leo. "Ituri: The Distribution of Polychrome Masks in Northeastern Zaire (Munch: Jen Jahns, 1992)," 161.

Culture

Pere

2000–2000

Democratic Republic of the Congo
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