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Gitenga Initiation Mask

20th–mid 20th century

(not assigned)Democratic Republic of the Congo

Medium/TechniqueRattan, vegetable fiber, turaco feathers, pigment

DimensionsOverall: 55.9 x 55.9 x 35.6 cm (22 x 22 x 14 in.)

Credit LineGift of Deborah Glasser in honor of Kathryn Gunsch

Accession number2021.782

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ClassificationsMasks

Collections

Africa and Oceania

Provenance1970s, acquired in Zaire (present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo) by Gene Isaacson (b. 1936 – d. 2005), Lake Forest, CA; 2005, sold by the estate of Gene Isaacson to Dimondstein Tribal Arts, Los Angeles; about 2005, sold by Dimondstein to Bruce Moore, California; about 2012, sold by Moore to Ethan Rider (dealer), San Francisco; 2012, sold by Rider to Deborah Glasser, Boston; 2021, gift of Deborah Glasser to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 15, 2021)