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Descripción : A polychrome wood and fiber mask. Democratic republic of the Congo, Yaka. 20th century. 19h x 17w x 15 1/2d. Provenance: Inventory and Collection from the Estate of Merton D. Simpson. Simpson acquired this item from the Bill Moore collection in Los Angeles, California after Moore's death in the mid-1980's. This mask was exhibited in African Arts, University of California, Berkeley, 1967, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas City, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, NY, 1970, and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1973. Publication(s): Exhibition catatlog: African Sculpture, by Fagg (William), Washington, D.C.: International Exhibitions Foundation, 1970. Auction(s): Christie's, New York, 22 November 1996. Lot 160. Sotheby's, Paris, 11 June 2008. Lot 168, Catalog Notes: According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, for the Yaka and Suku peoples, after year or more of initiation and testing adolescent boys become men at the end of mukanda and through the performing of kholuka helmet masks. The imagery exhibited in these masks visually translates important songs to the ceremonies. Figural representations of humans and animals are used to celebrate male virility. For a similar object see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Helemt Mask (Hemba), 19th-20th century, 1997.456.
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