1.0Ilana Goor Museumhttps://www.ilanagoormuseum.org/en/IlanaGoor Museumhttps://www.ilanagoormuseum.org/en/author/museum/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ENXISj4y76"><a href="https://www.ilanagoormuseum.org/en/collections/ngady-a-mwaash-mask/">Ngady a Mwaash Mask</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.ilanagoormuseum.org/en/collections/ngady-a-mwaash-mask/embed/#?secret=ENXISj4y76" width="600" height="338" title="“Ngady a Mwaash Mask” — Ilana Goor Museum" data-secret="ENXISj4y76" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.ilanagoormuseum.org/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://i0.wp.com/www.ilanagoormuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/%D7%9E%D7%A1%D7%9B%D7%AA-%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%90%D7%93%D7%99-%D7%90-%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%95%D7%90%D7%A9.jpg?fit=346%2C520&ssl=1346520This is a wooden mask belonging to Queen Ngady a Mwaash of Kuba in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is decorated with hundreds of beads, shells, pieces of cloth and fruit peels in geometric shapes typical of Kuba art. The mask embodies anew, in textual form, the mythical sources of Kuba and the monarchial […]