Senufo
Poro Association Helmet Mask (Kpònyugu)
Senufo, 1867
Physical Qualities
Wood, encrustation, 10 1/2 x 39 1/4 in. (26.7 x 99.7 cm.)
Credit Line
Purchased as the gift of Janet Wurtzburger
Object Number
1966.17
Donor (Mrs. Alan Wurtzburger) purchased from auction, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., April 21, 1966, cat. #103 (sale number 2429) -- see valuation tab for purchase price
"Subverting Beauty: African Anti-Aesthetics", Jul 15, 2018 - Nov 17, 2019, BMA, Kevin Tervala.
Parke-Bernet Galleries, "African and Oceanic Art: The Collection of Helena Rubenstein" (parts one and two), April 21 & April 29, 1966, no. 103.
Mentioned (without title) in Supplement A La "Gazette des Beaux Arts", No. 1176, Feb 1967, p 140.
Frederick Lamp, "African Art and the Baltimore Museum of Art," African Arts, XVII, 1, Nov. 1983, pp. 32-46, illus. p. 35.
Frederick Lamp, "Baltimore's African Art Collection," Topic (USIF), no. 155, pp. 30-36, repr. p. 33.
Frederick Lamp, "Art of the Baga: A Drama of Cultural Reinvention." New York: The Museum for African Art, 1996, p.148, Fig. 130.
Frederick John Lamp, "See the Music Hear the Dance: Rethinking African Art at the Baltimore Museum of Art." New York: Prestel, 2003, p.201, ill.
