Main Record
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.5B&C
- Title
- Costume (bwoom)
- Artist
- African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
- Artist Nationality
- Congolese (Zairean)
- Medium and Support
- bark cloth, woven raffia, copper, glass beads, kola nuts, kola, animal skin
- Object Creation Date
- ca.1960
- Object Creation Place
- Africa (continent)
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Marc Leo Felix, Brussels
- Dimensions
- ()
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
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Costume and Costume Accessory
- Physical Description
- Costume of a human figure.
- Subject Matter
- This costume and mask depcits bwoom, a character from the trio of royal Kuba masks. Bwoom represents a number of impediments to the Kuba founding king: the king's younger brother, commoners, or a magical trickster/pygmy. Bwoom represents the autochthonous, pre-dynastic political powers that the king overcomes.
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