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Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Kakuungu (Mask)
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Kakuungu (Mask)

Artist Suku peoples (Congolese)
CultureAfrican | Suku
DateEarly- to mid-20th century
MediumWood with pigment
DimensionsOverall: 27 1/2 in. (69.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.2392
Collections
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 110
DescriptionMask made of wood and pigment, made by the Suku, an ethnic group in Zaire.

Published ReferencesDon Harrison, "Art Unveiled," _Coastal Virginia Magazine,_ April 2014, 52.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2021.
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