Face mask "ngaady a mwaash" ·  D. R. Congo, Kuba · ID: 3034361

Description

light brown wood, polychrome paint, glass beads, the whole facial plane painted with geometrical patterns, bonnet of raffia fibre and cloth, embroidered with cowrie snails and glass beads, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion;
“ngaady a mwaash” represents the sister and wife of “woot”, the progenitor of the Bushong. It is one of the three most important mask figures of the Bushong, belonged to the royal family and was used for public ceremonies or during initiation rites for young boys.

The object Face mask “ngaady a mwaash” with the object ID 3034361 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 250 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,400.

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