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Female Mask (Gambanda)

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Description: Female Mask (Gambanda)
TitleFemale Mask (Gambanda)
Creator nationality/culturePende
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date (description)19th to early 20th century
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsWood, pigment, and fiber
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York
https:/­/­www.metmuseum.org/­art/­collection/­search/­319552
Accession number2011.11.8
SubjectsPende (African people)Masks, PendeCeremonial objects
StatusDemocratic Republic of the Congo
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Beauty and Ugliness in African Art and Thought
Wilfried van Damme
Description: The Language of Beauty in African Art
The Language of Beauty in African Art
Life as a human being typically involves experiencing visual likes and dislikes. Sighted people tend to find various degrees of gratification in viewing some stimuli (from mild pleasure to intense delight), and they may experience aversion in beholding others (from slight displeasure to utter disgust)....
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Wilfried van Damme
PublisherArt Institute of Chicago
Copyright© 2022 by The Art Institute of Chicago
Related print edition pages: pp.94-129
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00326.7
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Chapter subject tags:Africa--Social life and customsArt, African--20th centuryAesthetics, AfricanAfrica, Sub-SaharanEthics, AfricanAnang (African people)Anang (African people)--Rites and ceremoniesBambara (African people)Masks, AfricanDan (African people)Baule (African peoples)Sculpture, BauleYoruba (African people)Sande SocietyMasks, MendeSenufo (African people)

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MaterialsWood, pigment, fiber, and metal
LocationMuseum Rietberg, Zurich
https://emp-web-101.zetcom.ch:443/eMP/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=36120&viewType=detailView
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Posted by:John Carlson
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Description: Face mask (Kindombolo)
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Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nationality/culturePende
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Object typeSculpture
MaterialsWood, pigment
LocationIndianapolis Museum of Art
http://collection.imamuseum.org/artwork/38007/
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Description: Face Mask (Ngolo)
Face Mask (Ngolo)
Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nationality/culturePende
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LocationMuseum Rietberg, Zurich
https://emp-web-101.zetcom.ch:443/eMP/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=39122&viewType=detailView
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Posted by:John Carlson
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Description: Ceremonial adze with head and torso
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Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nationality/culturePende
Creator roleArtist
Creation date1870–1930
Object typeTool/Implement
MaterialsWood and metal
Dimensions16 × 3 1/16 × 11 7/8 in. (40.6 × 7.8 × 30.2 cm)
LocationDallas Museum of Art, TX
https://collections.dma.org/artwork/5061539
Accession number1969.S.168
Ceremonial adze with head and torso
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Description: Ceremonial adze with head and torso, detail
Ceremonial adze with head and torso, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nationality/culturePende
Creator roleArtist
Creation date1870–1930
Object typeTool/Implement
MaterialsWood and metal
Dimensions16 × 3 1/16 × 11 7/8 in. (40.6 × 7.8 × 30.2 cm)
LocationDallas Museum of Art, TX
https://collections.dma.org/artwork/5061539
Accession number1969.S.168
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