Helmet Mask (Kholuka or Mbala) by Yaka
Art Institute of Chicago

Helmet Mask (Kholuka or Mbala)

Yaka · Late 19th-early 20th century

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. Sulaiman Diane, New York, by 1983 [this and the following according to personal communication from Neal Ball dated April 19, 2009 in curatorial file]; sold to Neal Ball, Chicago, 1983 [on loan to the AIC from April 1993]; given to the Art Institute, 2009.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Ann Arbor, Michigan, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Sculpture of Africa: Selections from a Private Collection, November 2–December 23, 1984, cat. 22; travelled to Illinois, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, 19 January 19–March 3, 1985 and Chicago State University, President’s Gallery, May 29–June 27, 1985.
  • Chicago, Harold Washington Library Center Gallery, Forms of Expression, February 5–April 17, 1993.

Literature

Published references

  • Evan Mauer, editor. Sculpture of Africa: Selections from a Private Collection, exh. cat. (Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Museum of Art, 1984), cat. no. 22 (ill.).
  • Constantine Petridis et al., Speaking of Objects: African Art at the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2020), cat. no. 56, pp. 142-143 (ill.).

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