Unknown African
Female Mask, Mwana Pwo

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Artist Unknown African

CultureChokwe peoples

Titles

Female Mask, Mwana Pwo

Date1900–1950

PlaceDemocratic Republic of the Congo, Africa

MediumWood, metal, and pigment

Dimensions7 1/8 × 6 × 2 3/4 in. (18.1 × 15.2 × 7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund

Object number2007.1187

Not on view

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Department

African Art

Object Type

CEREMONIAL OBJECTS & REGALIA

Provenance[Jean-Pierre Jernander (1939–2015), Brussels, 1977]; The Raymond E. Britt Family Collection, 1977–2005; [Sotheby's, New York, November 11, 2005, lot 143]; [Donald Morris Gallery, Inc., Birmingham, MI, and New York, 2005–2007]; purchased by MFAH, 2007.
Exhibition History"Traditional African Sculpture from the Britt Family Collection," The Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind., October 24 - December 19, 1982.

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