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Face Mask (Ngady Mwaash)

Face Mask (Ngady Mwaash)

Kuba Kasai region, Democratic Republic of the Congo Central Africa
Date
Late 19th-mid 20th century
Medium
Wood, pigment, glass beads, cowrie shells, fabric, and thread
Dimensions
31.8 × 20.6 × 20.5 cm (12 1/2 × 8 1/8 × 10 in.)
Department
Arts of Africa
Credit line
Purchased with funds provided by the American Hospital Supply Corp., the Evanston Associates of the Woman's Board in honor of Wilbur Tuggle, Deborah Stokes and Jeffrey Hammer, William E. Hartmann, Charles A. Meyer, D. Daniel Michel, and Claire B. Zeisler; African and Amerindian Art Purchase Fund