Face Mask (Kindombolo)

Arts of Africa

20th century

Pende (Eastern)
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Central Africa

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Africa

Culture: Pende
Title: Face Mask (Kindombolo)
Place: Democratic Republic of the Congo (Object made in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1900–1999
Medium: Wood and fiber
Dimensions: H.: 22.9 cm (9 in.); 33.1 × 17.8 × 12.7 cm (13 × 7 × 5 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Kevin E. Lyle
Reference Number: 2024.1002

Warren M. Robbins & Nancy Ingram Nooter, African Art in American Collections (Washington, DC/London: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989), p. 406, no. 1032.

Alan Brandt, New York; Josephine and Sol Levitt, New York, by 1989; Oliver and Pamela Cobb, Seattle, WA; Cassiopeia Fine Arts Gallery, Chicago; sold to Kevin E. Lyle, Chicago, Feb. 4, 2015; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2024.

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