Bwami Mask (Alternate Title)
Lukwakongo (Alternate Title)

Unknown (Artist)

19th–20th century
Lega
wood, white clay, fiber
Place Made,Democratic Republic of Congo
Overall: 11 × 3 5/8 in. (27.9 × 9.2 cm)
77.84
Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Young People's Museum. 21 September - 1 November 1971.

African Arts of Transformation. The Art Galleries of the University of California, Santa Barbara, 24 November - 20 December 1970.

The Art of Black Africa. Flint Institute of Arts. 8 February - 5 April 1970.

African Sculpture from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Hilbert H. DeLawter. Galleries, Cranbrook Academy of Art. 9 April - 7 May 1967.

African Exhibition. Fine Arts Center. Lynchburg, VA. 29 April - 8 May 1979.

Secrecy: African Art that Conceals and Reveals. The Center for African Art. February 1993 - March 1995.
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