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Unidentified and Kuba

Warrior Mask (Ishyeen Imaalu)

Kuba, 1869-1929

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  • Artist: Unidentified
  • Culture: Kuba

Warrior Mask (Ishyeen Imaalu)

Kuba, 1869-1929

Physical Qualities Wood, cloth, feathers, plant fibers, cowrie shells, paint, 15 3/4 x 11 x 5 1/2 in. (40 x 28 x 14 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of the Jamosil Foundation, Alexandria, Virginia
Object Number 1989.150
Pigments are white, black and yellow.
Meditations on African Art: Pattern

African Reinstallation

African Gallery Rotations 2021

African Gallery Rotations 2022

African Gallery Rotations 2023

African Wing Rotations 2024

African Wing Rotations 2025
Frederick John Lamp, "See the Music Hear the Dance: Rethinking African Art at the Baltimore Museum of Art." New York: Prestel, 2003, p.93, ill.
Visona, "A History of Art in Africa." Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2008, p. 391, ill.
BMA. African Spirit Series brochure 2003-2004. ill.
Baltimore Museum of Art. "The Baltimore Museum of Art: Celebrating a Museum." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2014.

Artist

Unidentified

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

Culture

Kuba

2000–2000

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