Images(12)

Mask

Artist Unknown artist(s)

Date20th century

MediumDark-colored wood

DimensionsOverall Inches: 9-1/8 x 7-1/4 x 11 inches; Overall Centimeters: 23.2 x 18.4 x 27.9 cm

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number2016.73

Collections

African

ClassificationsDecorative Arts

Object NameDecorative

DepartmentPermanent Collection

CultureMakonde people

NationalityKenyan, Mozambican, or Tanzanian

GeographyTanzania, Mozambique, or Kenya, Africa

On View

On view

Century

Twentieth

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.