Kaseya Tambwe Makumbi and Pende
Rooftop Figure (Kishikishi)
Pende, 1949
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Wood, pigment, 45 1/2 x 13 3/4 x 9 1/16 in. (115.5 x 35 x 23 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert Elkin, Mitchellville, Maryland
Object Number
1998.371
The Baitmore Museum of Art by gift, 1998; Robert Elkin by purchase, 9/21/1979; Sitta Sillah, an African trader from Western Africa (see donor's documentation worksheet in object file).
African Reinstallation, "The Artist," Apr 2015, Wurtzburger Galleries, Kathryn Gunsch.
Frederick John Lamp, "See the Music Hear the Dance: Rethinking African Art at the Baltimore Museum of Art." New York: Prestel, 2003, p.191, ill.
On View: Wurtzburger, Hallway
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