Maiden Spirit Mask (kpelié)
Artist
Senufo artist
Dateearly–mid 20th century
MediumWood
Dimensions12 3/4 x 6 x 3 in. (32.4 x 15.2 x 7.6 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of the Hanes Corporation
Object numberGL.72.19.12
On View
On viewEdgar Peters Bowron, ed. Introduction to the Collections (Chapel Hill: published for the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, by The University of North Carolina Press, 1983), illus. (b-w) 67.
Introduction to the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1992), illus. (b-w) 42.
See Reference Library for typed lecture by Chris Roy, 3/12/92: “African Art”
Exhibition HistoryGreensboro, NC, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, September 9-30, 1973.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, Mary Duke Biddle Education Gallery, "The Light Aesthetic," September 1984–July 1985.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement
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