Female Face Mask (ngady mwaash)

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Name/Title

Female Face Mask (ngady mwaash)

Entry/Object ID

2013.Br.33.3

Description

Highly decorated face mask depicting a female with elaborate shell-design coiffure, with a ribbon of shells and beading down the nose, mouth, and chin, and with entire face surface covered in geometric designs

Use

Ceremonial

Collection

Dr. E.D.(Butch) & Judy Brodie African Art Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Kuba People

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Maker

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Democratic Republic of Congo

Continent

Africa

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

Democratic Republic of Congo

Continent

Africa

Culture/Tribe

Kuba People

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks, Beadwork, Myths, Costumes

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

13-13/16 in

Material

Animal hair, Beads, Pigment, Wood