Mask (Mvaash a mboy)

Unidentified Kuba maker

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1968

Basketry, fur, glass beads, cowries, and raffia

Overall: 17 5/16 × 15 3/4 × 7 7/8 × 9 1/16 in. (44 × 40 × 20 × 23 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Alan Davies

169.76.24819

Geography

Place Made: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa, Africa

Period

20th century

Object Name

Ceremonial Artifact: Mask

Research Area

Africa

Not on view

Course History

HIST 5.1, AAAS 14, Pre-Colonial African History, Naaborko Sackeyfio, Winter 2013

Provenance

Alan V. Davies (1941-1989), Class of 1963, New York; acquired through Exchange No. 144, 1967.

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