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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 11735845, member: 8267"]Without a specific history, it can be difficult to assign a date to such examples of African art. The Ngaady a Mwaash is essentially a stock character in Kuba performances. Her depiction follows certain conventions, and the masks display a fairly consistent style.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a few examples from museums that have at least approximate dates:</p><p><br /></p><p>Dated c.1880, Peabody Museum -</p><p>[ATTACH=full]547927[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://peabody.harvard.edu/ngaady-mwaash-kuba-mask" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://peabody.harvard.edu/ngaady-mwaash-kuba-mask" rel="nofollow">https://peabody.harvard.edu/ngaady-mwaash-kuba-mask</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Late 19th-early 20th century, Art Institute of Chicago -</p><p>[ATTACH=full]547926[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.artic.edu/artworks/106184/face-mask-ngady-mwaash" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.artic.edu/artworks/106184/face-mask-ngady-mwaash" rel="nofollow">https://www.artic.edu/artworks/106184/face-mask-ngady-mwaash</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Before 1966, Liverpool Museum -</p><p>[ATTACH=full]547925[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/artifact/royal-mask-ngady-amwaash" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/artifact/royal-mask-ngady-amwaash" rel="nofollow">https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/artifact/royal-mask-ngady-amwaash</a></p><p><br /></p><p>1950's, Carlos Museum, Emory University -</p><p>[ATTACH=full]547928[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/36354/ngady-mwaash-mask" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/36354/ngady-mwaash-mask" rel="nofollow">https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/36354/ngady-mwaash-mask</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The materials used in the masks are also fairly consistent, providing few clues to dating. Combine this with a sophisticated practice of producing copies meant to appeal to western tastes for "old and used", and the best that may be said is that your mask might date to anytime in the last 70 years. I would lean toward the later part of that time period.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Hamill Gallery website has a nice "archives" that presents a selection of Ngaady a Mwaash masks for comparison. They note that many of "<i>These Ngaady masks show no evidence of age or use and were probably made to be sold".</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><a href="https://www.hamillgallery.com/KUBA/KubaMasks/NgaadyMasks/NgaadyMasksArchives.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.hamillgallery.com/KUBA/KubaMasks/NgaadyMasks/NgaadyMasksArchives.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.hamillgallery.com/KUBA/KubaMasks/NgaadyMasks/NgaadyMasksArchives.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 11735845, member: 8267"]Without a specific history, it can be difficult to assign a date to such examples of African art. The Ngaady a Mwaash is essentially a stock character in Kuba performances. Her depiction follows certain conventions, and the masks display a fairly consistent style. Here are a few examples from museums that have at least approximate dates: Dated c.1880, Peabody Museum - [ATTACH=full]547927[/ATTACH] [URL]https://peabody.harvard.edu/ngaady-mwaash-kuba-mask[/URL] Late 19th-early 20th century, Art Institute of Chicago - [ATTACH=full]547926[/ATTACH] [URL]https://www.artic.edu/artworks/106184/face-mask-ngady-mwaash[/URL] Before 1966, Liverpool Museum - [ATTACH=full]547925[/ATTACH] [URL]https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/artifact/royal-mask-ngady-amwaash[/URL] 1950's, Carlos Museum, Emory University - [ATTACH=full]547928[/ATTACH] [URL]https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/36354/ngady-mwaash-mask[/URL] The materials used in the masks are also fairly consistent, providing few clues to dating. Combine this with a sophisticated practice of producing copies meant to appeal to western tastes for "old and used", and the best that may be said is that your mask might date to anytime in the last 70 years. I would lean toward the later part of that time period. The Hamill Gallery website has a nice "archives" that presents a selection of Ngaady a Mwaash masks for comparison. They note that many of "[I]These Ngaady masks show no evidence of age or use and were probably made to be sold". [/I] [URL]https://www.hamillgallery.com/KUBA/KubaMasks/NgaadyMasks/NgaadyMasksArchives.html[/URL][/QUOTE]
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