Bwoom Mask (Primary Title)

Unknown (Artist)

19th–20th century
Kuba
Wood, copper, cloth, glass beads, cowrie shells, seeds, fiber, string, traces of paint
Place Made,Democratic Republic of Congo
Overall: 19 1/4 × 10 1/2 × 15 1/2 in. (48.9 × 26.7 × 39.4 cm)
77.13
Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
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

Falling in Love Again, VMFA, Philip Morris Gallery, July 1 - September 25, 1994.

Five Years of Collecting. VMFA. 25 March - 4 May 1980.

African Exhibition, Fine Arts Center, Lynchburg, Va. April - May 1979.

(Alan Brandt, New York, until January 1971; Hilbert H. and Lori P. DeLawter, Charlottesville, VA; Jeffrey P. DeLawter, Charlottesville, VA; purchased by VMFA in April 1977.
[1] Purchased in 1971. See VMFA Curatorial files.
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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