Democratic Republic of the Congo; Lega artist
Lukwakongo (mask)
Wood, kaolin
H. 19.37 cm (7 5/8")
University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art, The Stanley Collection of African Art, X1986.571
Works of art, including masks and figures in ivory and wood serve as didactic devices for issues of morality and ethics. As individuals accede from one level to the next in the course of their lifetime, the objects serve to remember precepts and maxims and to instill cultural values of the highest order.
