Currently not on view
Mask (Mbuya),
before 1924
Pende artist
y1953-140
Information
Title
Mask (Mbuya)
Dates
before 1924
Maker
Pende artist
Medium
Wood, raffia, paint, and dye
Dimensions
h. 39.0 cm., diam. 30.5 cm. (15 3/8 x 12 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Donald B. Doyle in memory of her husband, Class of 1905
Object Number
y1953-140
Place Made
Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kwilu Province
Techniques
Subject
Gift of Mrs. Donald B. Doyle, 1947. Collected by Joyce K. Doyle in the present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo (former Belgian Congo) in or near Tshikapa (Kasai region) or Kinshasa between 1919 and 1923.
- "Gifts of Mrs. Donald B. Doyle in memory of her husband Donald B. Doyle, Class of 1905," in "The Doyle Collection of African Art," special issue Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 42, no. 2 (1983): p. 35-42., p. 41
- Sarah Brett-Smith, "The Doyle Collection of African Art," in "The Doyle Collection of African Art," special issue, Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 42, no. 2 (1983): p. 2, 8-34., p. 22, fig. 14
- Peter Barberie, "Thoughts on exhibiting a Pende mask," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 58, no. 1/2 (1999): p. 62-69., p. 68, fig. 8
- "Selected checklist of objects in the collection of African art," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 58, no. 1/2 (1999): p. 77–83., p. 79
