BMA Voices: A Royal Man’s Mask (Mukenga) from the Kuba kingdom

Aden Weisel, Curatorial Assistant of Arts of Africa, the Americas, Asia & the Pacific Islands, discusses a Royal Man’s Mask (Mukenga) from the Kuba kingdom (Democratic Republic of the Congo). To read the full post, go to: http://blog.artbma.org/2014/10/bma-vo... BMA Voices is an insider’s exploration of The Baltimore Museum of Art collection through the eyes of its curators, conservators, and registrars. Featuring a new object every day during the BMA’s 100 Day Celebration, the project highlights some favorite, amusing, unusual, and obscure objects. For all 100, go to http://blog.artbma.org/category/bma-v... ------------- Presenter: Aden Weisel, Curatorial Assistant of Arts of Africa, the Americas, Asia & the Pacific Islands Artist Unidentified. Kuba kingdom (Democratic Republic of the Congo). Royal Man’s Mask (Mukenga). 1970s. The Baltimore Museum of Art: Gift of the Friends of the Arts of Africa, the Pacific and the Americas, and Amy Gould and Matthew Polk, Gibson Island, Maryland, BMA 2013.363 Videography: Hannah Malloy Music: Rollin at 5" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... © The Baltimore Museum of Art 2014