id:			166209
accession number:	2008.150
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2008.150
updated:		2023-03-20 10:12:19.460000

Female Mask (Gambanda or Kambanda), early 1900s. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Pende-style maker. Wood, plant fiber, and colorant; overall: 27 x 22 x 28.5 cm (10 5/8 x 8 11/16 x 11 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 2008.150

title:				Female Mask (Gambanda or Kambanda)
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creation date:			early 1900s
creation date earliest:		1901
creation date latest:		1920
current location:		108A Sub-Saharan
creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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culture:	Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Pende-style maker
technique:	Wood, plant fiber, and colorant
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Mask
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measurements: Overall: 27 x 22 x 28.5 cm (10 5/8 x 8 11/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Field-collected by Belgian territorial administrator, Maurice Matton, in the Bandundu Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (then still Belgian Congo)
	date: 1934
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	Ex collection Annie and Jean-Pierre Jernander, Brussels, Belgium
	date: ?–1996
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	(Drouot-Richelieu, Paris, France, lot 29, June 29, 1996, sold to private collection)
	date: June 29, 1996
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	Private collection
	date: 1996–2008
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	(Sotheby's, Paris, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 2008
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2008–
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wall description:
Realized in typical Central Pende style, this mask is believed to represent <em>gambanda</em>, the chief's wife. In light of Pende theories about gender and physiognomy, the mask is an ideal expression of a woman's facial features and thus reflects her calm, obedient, peaceful, and self-controlled demeanor. The intricate hairstyle consisting of hundreds of miniature braids imitates a once fashionable hairdo.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 34-35
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IMAGES

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