http://ift.tt/1ty58GL Lot 42 African Mwaash Ngady mask - KUBA - Congo (RDC) Ca. 1920-1940 - good condition A portrait mask of the first Kuba king wife. There are more than twenty different types of masks that function within the men's initiation society. The Kuba Ngaady mask represents the ideal of beauty. It is one of three important Kuba mask, on the old picture taken at Mushenge in 1909 shows a similar mask: Ngady aMwaash, Bwoom, and Mosh'ambooy mu shall. The provenance of this fine mask that is to be dated between the two worldwars, is the collection of Gaëtan Schoonbroodt in Verviers, Belgium. Size: 50 cm on its included base , 30 cm without. Condition: One ear missing, as depicted.
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