Ngady amwaash mask (Primary Title)

Unknown (Artist)

19th–20th century
Kuba
Wood, cowrie shells, glass beds, cloth, fiber
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Overall: 13 3/4 × 7 7/8 × 9 3/16 in. (34.93 × 20 × 23.34 cm)
2013.247
Not on view
Gift of Drs. Kenneth and Carol Adelman
Fortune, Courage, Love: Arts of Africa’s Akan and Kuba Kingdoms from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, William King Museum, Abingdon, Virginia, March 28 - July 12, 2015; Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia, September 26, 2015 - January 3, 2016; Piedmont Arts, Martinsville, Virginia, January 16 - March 6, 2016

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