How Did Kuba Artists Decorate Their Ngady Amwaash Mask
Early 20th century wood cowry shells beads cloth raffia pigment Democratic Republic of Congo Museum Purchase 0375 Ngady a Mwaash is the female mask in a triad of Kuba royal masks. Kasai region Democratic Republic of the Congo. Nagaady A Mwaash Mask Detroit Institute Of Arts Museum Photographed at the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago Illinois. . The colors of the beads are significant. KUBA KING MASK- 1800. 12 12 x 8 18 x 10 in Made By. Ngady Mwaash Thank you all for listening. A Kuba ideal of beautyNgaady A Mwaash was fought over by Mwaash A Mboy her husband and kingand his brother. The Ngady Mwaash mask shown here personifies the wife of the ancestral king Woot who is represented by the mask Mwaash Mbooy. Blue suggests high rank red represents suffering and fertility and white symbolizes purity mourning and the sacred. Democratic Republic of the Congo. Mask Ngady Amwaash Creator. The mwaa...