Mask and costume (bwoom) / Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
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- Accession Number
- 1986/2.5A
- Title
- Mask and costume (bwoom)
- Artist Nationality
- Congolese (Zairean)
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1960
- Object Creation Place
- Africa (continent)
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Marc Leo Felix, Brussels
- Dimensions
- 60 cm x 26 cm x 30 cm (23 5/8 in. x 10 1/4 in. x 11 13/16 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Costume and Costume Accessory
- Primary Object Type
- mask
- Physical Description
- A full-body costume and mask depicting 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.
- Primary Keywords
- costume
- kuba (democratic republic of congo)
- masks
- masks (costume)
- political figures
- raffiawork
- royalty
- Secondary Keywords
- african
- african styles by region
- central and equatorial african styles
- central democratic republic of congo styles
- costume by function
- costumes
- descriptors
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- object genres by material
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- people and occupations
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- western democratic republic of congo styles
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1245 x 819
- File Size
- 46 KB
- Record
- 1986/2.5A
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"Mask and costume (bwoom); Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1986-sl-2.5a/1986_2.5.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.
