Face Mask (Ngady Mwaash)
<p>The <em>ngady mwaash</em> mask honors the role of women in Kuba life. It portrays a woman but, like other masks in Africa, is performed by a man. The most popular appearance of <em>ngady mwaash</em> is in a pantomime about the kingdom’s creation: <em>ngady mwaash</em> dances together with the <em>mooshamb-wooy</em> mask, representing the king (who is both her brother and her husband), and the <em>bwoom</em> mask [See 1982.1506].</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1875
- Dimensions
- 31.8 × 20.6 × 20.5 cm (12 1/2 × 8 1/8 × 10 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
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Panel
1925 · Raffia, plain weave; embroidered with raffia in stem stitches and running stitches cut to form pile; couching
Record
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- 1875
- Dimensions
- 31.8 × 20.6 × 20.5 cm (12 1/2 × 8 1/8 × 10 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1875-128399
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified