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Kpelie Mask

2009.05.0192

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Artifact Identification Kpelie Mask   (2009.05.0192)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Art
    3. :
  3. N/A
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date N/A
Culture Senufo
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 39.9 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 16.5 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 11.0 cm
Weight 590 g
Measuring Remarks Under Review
Materials Plant--Wood
Manufacturing Processes Carved, Drilling, Incising, Sawing

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

Geunneguez, Andre and Afo. Arte de la Cote d’Ivoire et de ses Voisins. Paris: L’Harmattan, n.d. P. 88-89, 91, 96, 103, 106, 108, 111.

Segy, Ladislas. Masks of Black Africa. New York: Dover, 1976. Plates 74-75.

Richter, Dolores. Senufo Mask Classification. African Arts Magazine, vol. 12 no. 3, May 1979. p. 72-73.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Kieffer-Lopez Collection
Reproduction No

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