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Object Details
Medium: Wood and pigment 
Dimensions: Object: 42.5 x 17 x 4.5 cm (16 3/4 x 6 11/16 x 1 3/4 in.) 
Geog. Data: Made in Central Africa, Congo (Kinshasa) 
Period:  
Culture Bembe 
Mask
early 20th century
Culture: Bembe
Charles B. Benenson, B.A. 1933, Collection
2006.51.479
This object is on view at the gallery.
Bibliography
Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2004): ill. cover.
"Acquisitions, July 1, 2005–June 30, 2006," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2006): 222.
Frederick John Lamp, Accumulating Histories: African Art from the Charles B. Benenson Collection at the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2012), 74, 278, fig. 18.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery's complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.