Mukyeem (Mask of the King-as-Elephant)

Unidentified Kuba maker

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19th-20th century

Wood, beads, fiber, hair, cowrie shells, and cloth

Overall: 23 5/8 × 19 11/16 × 26 3/4 in. (60 × 50 × 68 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the William S. Rubin Fund

2008.89

Geography

Place Made: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa, Africa

Period

19th century

Object Name

Ceremonial Artifact: Mask

Research Area

Africa

Not on view

Course History

ARTH 85, Senior Seminar in Theory and Method, Mary Coffey, Fall 2014

Exhibition History

Art That Lives? Exploring Figural Art from Africa, Allvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 25, 2009-July 2010.

Genesis: Ideas of Origin in African Sculpture, November 19, 2002-April 13, 2003.The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Sets, Series and Ensembles in African Art, Center for African Art, New York, July 25, 1985-October 20, 1985.

Works from the Continent of Africa, Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26, 2019-March 15, 2020.

Publication History

George Nelson Preston, Sets, Series and Ensembles in African Art, Center for African Art, New York, 1985, p. 64, cat. 63.

Grace Clueck, "The Wonders of African Art Explored in Two Exhibitions," The New York Times, July 19, 1985, C25.

Warren Robbins and Nancy Nooter, African Art in American Collections, Washington, 1989, p. 422, fig. 1071.

Alisa Lagamma, Genesis: Ideas of Origin in African Sculpture, New York, 2002, p. 39, cat. 10.

Alexander Bortolot, Art That Lives? Exploring Figural Art from Africa, Hood Mueum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2009, ill. p. 18, no. 12.

John R. Stomberg, The Hood Now: Art and Inquiry at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2019, p. 131, ill. plate no. 62.

Provenance

Eliot Elisofon, New York; Frieda and Milton Rosenthal, Harrison, New York; The Collection of Frieda and Milton Rosenthal: African and Oceanic Art, Sotheby's, New York, New York, Sale November 14, 2008, lot 38; sold to present collection, 2008.

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