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Pende

Mask with Beard (modeled on Muyombo)

Pende, 1900

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Pende

Mask with Beard (modeled on Muyombo)

Pende, 1900

Physical Qualities Wood, fiber, pigment, (including fiber): 13 1/16 × 10 5/8 × 7 1/16 in. (33.2 × 27 × 18 cm.) (mask only): 13 1/16 × 6 7/8 × 7 1/16 in. (33.2 × 17.5 × 18 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Phyllis K. and A. Harvey Schreter, Baltimore
Object Number 1996.117
incised and painted with white triangles; woven grass headdress with one red cloth stripe
"Meditations on African Art: Color," April 18, 2007-August 19, 2007, BMA, Karen Milbourne.

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