About This Artwork

Yaka
Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Mask (Kholuka or Mbala), Late 19th/early 20th century

Wood, raffia fiber, and pigment
H. 45.7 cm (18 in.)
Gift of Neal Ball, 2009.118

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

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.

Publication History

Mauer, Evan, (ed.). 1984. Sculpture of Africa: Selections from a Private Collection (Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Museum of Art). cat. no. 22 (ill.).

Ownership History

Sulaiman Diane, New York, by 1983; sold to Neal Ball, Chicago, 1983; given to the Art Institute, 2009.