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Luvale and Luchazi

Female Ancestor Mask (Nalindele)

Luvale/Luchazi, 1900-1966

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Female Ancestor Mask (Nalindele)

Luvale/Luchazi, 1900-1966

Physical Qualities Wood, fiber, plastic(?), 8 3/8 × 6 11/16 × 2 3/4 in. (21.2 × 17 × 7 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Howard A. Jackson, Massapequa, New York
Object Number 1996.106
Female mask with a circle on each cheek and inlaid teeth
Gilbert Jackson, Potomac, Maryland
A Perfect Power: Motherhood and African Art

Culture

Luvale

2000–2000

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Culture

Luchazi

2000–2000

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