Title

Mask used in initiation ceremony from Kuba, Zaire. Artist: Unknown.

Caption

Mask used in initiation ceremony: from Kuba, Zaire. The Kuba Kingdom, also rendered as the Kingdom of the Bakuba or Bushongo, was a pre-colonial kingdom in Central Africa

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/CM Dixon

Reference

HRM19B84_319

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

52,7Mb (1,9Mb) / 11,7in x 17,5in / 3512 x 5246 (300dpi)

Keywords

Africa people mask ceremony body local pattern continent beard ceremonial color colour African location century expression bearded artefact concept Angola artifact indigenous Zaire initiation Patterned 20th century CM Dixon TGN the body object Kuba Unknown Dixon CM CM Dixon Mike Dixon CM Dixon object