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Unidentified and Kuba

Female Ancestor Mask (Ngaady Mwaash)

Kuba, 1867

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  • Artist: Unidentified
  • Culture: Kuba

Female Ancestor Mask (Ngaady Mwaash)

Kuba, 1867

Physical Qualities Wood, cloth, copper alloy tacks, plant fibers, cowrie shells, glass beads, paint, 13 1/2 x 9 1/16 x 11 13/16 in. (34.3 x 23 x 30 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number 1954.145.77
"Meditations on African Art: PATTERN," Mar 12, 2008-Aug 17, 2008, BMA, Karen Milbourne.

African Reinstallation, "Public Art," April 2015, Wurtzburger Galleries, BMA, Kathryn Gunsch.
Lamp, Frederick John. "See the Music Hear the Dance: Rethinking African Art at the Baltimore Museum of Art." New York: Prestel, 2003, p.172, ill.
BMA Today, Spring 2008, ill. p. 9.
Gatto, Joseph A., Albert W. Porter and Jack Selleck. "Exploring Visual Design: The Elents and Principles." 4th Edition. Davis Publications, Inc: Worcester, PA, 2011, p. 169, fig. 9-4.
"In a New Light: News of the Campaign for the Baltimore Museum of Art." December 2010. p. 5 and detail on p.1.
Baltimore Museum of Art. "The Baltimore Museum of Art: Celebrating a Museum." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2014.
Milbourne, Karen. Meditations on African Art: Pattern. Exhibition brochure, March 12 – August 17, 2008. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art, cover.

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Unidentified

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