Nagaady-A-Mwaash Mask

About the Artwork

Title Nagaady-A-Mwaash Mask

Artwork Date 20th century

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Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. African

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Kuba

Medium Wood, cowry shell, glass beads

Dimensions Overall: 15 × 10 × 10 inches (38.1 × 25.4 × 25.4 cm) Including base: 22 × 10 × 10 inches (55.9 × 25.4 × 25.4 cm)

Classification Sculpture

Department African Art

Credit Founders Society Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Shelden III Fund, funds from the Friends of African Art and the Pierians, Inc.

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 1992.215

Copyright This work is in the public domain.