Female Face Mask (Mbuya ya Mukhetu) by Pende
Art Institute of Chicago

Female Face Mask (Mbuya ya Mukhetu)

Pende · Early/mid–20th century

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. Cornelis Pieter Meulendijk (died 1979), Rotterdam, by 1967 [see Afrikaanse sculpturen uit de collectie van C. P. Meulendijk, 1967]; sold, Christie's, London, Oct. 21, 1980, lot no. 157, to Michael Wyman Gallery, Chicago; sold to Neal Ball, Chicago, Oct. 1984; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2018.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Museum voor Land- en Volkenkunde, Afrikaanse sculpturen uit de collectie van C. P. Meulendijk, 1967–1968, pg. 57, cat. 34/02.

Literature

Published references

  • Afrikaanse sculpturen uit de collectie van C. P. Meulendijk, exh. cat. (Museum voor Land- en Volkenkunde, Rotterdam, 1967), pg. 57 (ill.).
  • Réne S. Wassing, African Art, Its Background and Traditions (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1968), pg. 73, pl. 40 (ill.).
  • Christie’s, The Meulendijk Collection of Tribal Art, sales cat., Christie’s, London, October 21, 1980, lot 157.

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