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
- Artist
- Kuba
Artist
Textile
Kuba is a Czech and Japanese surname. In Czech, Kuba is a pet form of the given name Jakub. Notable people with the surname include:Filip Kuba, Czech ice hockey player Gabriela Kubová, Czech ice dancer Ludvík Kuba (1863–1956), Czech artist and musician Martin Kuba, Czech politician Masatomo Kuba, Japanese footballer Paula Kubová, Slovak volleyball player Simona Kubová, Czech swimmer
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- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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