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Exhibition HistoryInaugural installation: African Gallery (210), Palmer Museum of Art, June 1, 2024 – present; African Brilliance: A Diplomat's Sixty Years of Collecting, Palmer Museum of Art, February 8 – May 24, 2020 (closed March 17, 2020 due to the pandemic).Published ReferencesPurdy, Janet M., "Catalogue 62: Mapiko Masks, Makonde People, Mozambique” A Diplomat’s Sixty Years of Collecting, Palmer Museum of Art, 2020, https://exhibitions.psu.edu/s/african-brilliance/page/catalogue-62.
Mask
Artist
Unknown artist(s)
Date20th century
MediumWood, hair, beeswax
DimensionsOverall Inches: 9 1/4 x 9-3/8 x 10-1/16 inches; Overall Centimeters: 23.5 x 23.8 x 25.6 cm
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2016.72
ClassificationsDecorative Arts
Object NameDecorative
DepartmentPermanent Collection
CultureMakonde people
NationalityKenyan, Mozambican, or Tanzanian
GeographyTanzania, Mozambique, or Kenya, Africa
On View
On viewCentury
- Twentieth