Costume (bwoom) / Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.5B&C
- Title
- Costume (bwoom)
- Artist Nationality
- Congolese (Zairean)
- Medium and Support
- bark cloth, woven raffia, copper, glass beads, kola nuts, kola, animal skin
- 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
- ()
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- 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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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Record
- 1986/2.5B&C
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1986-sl-2.5b-amp-amp-sem-c/1
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"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-2.5b-amp-amp-sem-c/1. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.