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Lwena

Mask (Mwana wa Pwevo)

Lwena, 1899-1924

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Lwena

Mask (Mwana wa Pwevo)

Lwena, 1899-1924

Physical Qualities Wood, plant fiber, glass beads, 9 1/16 x 9 1/16 x 8 11/16 in. (23 x 23 x 22 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Alan Wurtzburger, by exchange, through the cooperation of Murray and Barbara Frum, Toronto
Object Number 1982.1
"Meditations on African Art: PATTERN," Mar 12, 2008-Aug 17, 2008, BMA, Karen Milbourne.

African Reinstallation, "Public Art," April 2015, Wurtzburger Galleries, BMA, Kathryn Gunsch.
Frederick John Lamp, "See the Music Hear the Dance: Rethinking African Art at the Baltimore Museum of Art." New York: Prestel, 2003, p.179, ill.

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