Mask (munyangi or kindjinga)
before 1958
25 x 20 x 25 cm (9 13/16 x 7 7/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
https://clevelandart.org/art/2025.136
Carved by Kiyova of Luaya-Ndambo, this is an iconic example of a central African mask. With bold sculpted lines, abstracted facial features, and vivid red and white pigment framed by fur and fiber, this mask was likely not danced. This does not make it “inauthentic”; to the co...
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