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Unidentified and Kuba

Warrior Mask (Ishyeen Imaalu)

Kuba, Late 19th-early 20th century

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  • Artist: Unidentified
  • Culture: Kuba

Warrior Mask (Ishyeen Imaalu)

Kuba, Late 19th-early 20th century

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
"Meditations on African Art: PATTERN," Mar 12, 2008-Aug 17, 2008, BMA, Karen Milbourne.

African Reinstallation, "Public Art," April 2015, Wurtzburger Galleries, BMA, 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.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

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