Kponiugo Mask / Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire

About this Item

Accession Number: 1971/2.38
Title: Kponiugo Mask
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire
Artist Nationality: Ivorian
Medium and Support: wood, brass tacks and kaolin
Object Creation Date: 1800-1971
Object Creation Place: Africa (continent); Côte d'Ivoire (nation)
Creation Place 1: Africa (continent)
Creation Place 2: Côte d'Ivoire (nation)
Credit Line: Museum Purchase assisted by the Friends of the Museum of Art
Dimensions: 28 cm x 22 cm x 48 cm (11 in. x 8 11/16 in. x 18 7/8 in.)
Century: 19th or 20th century
Primary Object Classification: Costume and Costume Accessory
Primary Object Type: mask
Primary Keywords: baboons; masks; masks (costume); woodwork
Secondary Keywords: animals; animals and creatures; costume; costume by function; descriptors; mammals; object genres; object genres by material; objects; objects we use; the natural world
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 1336 x 904
File Size: 62 KB
Record: 1971/2.38
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1971-sl-2.38/1971_2.38.jpg

In public portfolios: African images: art and ornament (25); Animal studies and gender - a study room selection #1 (24); Animals, historical and comparative (312); Mask Research (21); Material cultures and ways of making - a study room selection #1 (15)

Manifest: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/musart:1971-SL-2.38:1971_2.38.JPG

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Full citation: "Kponiugo Mask; Artist Unknown, African, Senufo Peoples, Côte d'Ivoire." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1971-sl-2.38/1971_2.38.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 20, 2024.