Mask

Native Name	Ngady a Mwaash
Object Number:	AF3685
Current Location:	Collections Storage
Culture:	Bangongo
Provenience:	Belgian Congo Kasai
Section:	African
Materials:	Fiber Cowrie Shell Wood Plant Fiber
Height:	34 cm
Width:	23 cm
Depth:	22 cm
Credit Line:	Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1912
Other Number:	27719 - Dealer's Number

Description

Mask face is decorated with geometric designs, Blue and white beads cover nose and outline the mouth. Black, blue nd green beads cover the eyebrows. Two metal studs between eyes. Hairlin decorated with blue and white beads and cowrie shells. Dark colored cloth used on top of mask as hair. Cowrie shells attached in 15 rows. Side panel of mask is woven raffia cloth.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Evocative Images: African Sculpture from the University Museum (Traveling version of "African Sculpture from the University Museum") ( Sep 1988 - Apr 1990)	View Objects in Exhibition
African Sculpture from the University Museum (22 Nov 1986 - 08 Feb 1987)	View Objects in Exhibition
African Negro Sculpture (1957 - 1957)	View Objects in Exhibition
Imagine Africa with the Penn Museum (18 Sep 2011)	View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Catalogue] Wardwell, Allen. 1986. African Sculpture from the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania.. Philadelphia Museum of Art. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 114-115	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Dougherty, Frank. 21 Nov 1986. African Sculpture, in Philadelphia Daily News.. pg. 1-15 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 1, A7	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Plass, Margaret B., and Coon, Carleton S. Dec 1957. "African Negro Sculpture: A Walk Through the Gallery". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 21. no. 4. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 64	View Objects related to this Actual Citation