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Public Domain

Pere and Unidentified

Mask

1899-1932

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  • Culture: Pere
  • Artist: Unidentified

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; Asif Shaikh by purchase, 2006; Axis Gallery, New York, United States by purchase, 2005; Neumeister Moderne, Munich, Germany, November 10, 2005, lot 72; Walter (1919-2007) and Molly Bareiss (1920-2006) by purchase, late 1990s; Marc Leo Felix by purchase, late 1980s; Jimmy [a truck driver from the Seychelles who transported goods in Northern Kivu and Ituri] by purchase, late 1980s; unidentified leader in a Pere community by commission, date unknown
NY Tribal Art Fair 2006
Felix, Marc Leo. Ituri: The Distribution of Polychrome Masks in Northeastern Zaire. Munch: Jen Jahns, 1992. p.161.
Neumeisters Auktion #11, Afrikanische Kunst aus der Sammlung Bareiss. November 10, 2005. (lot 72, page 84)

Culture

Pere

2000–2000

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Meet Pere

Artist

Unidentified

2000-01-01 00:00:00–2000-01-01 00:00:00

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