Object Details Maker Chokwe artist Label Text This mask represents a beautiful young woman adorned with tattoos, earrings and an elaborate coiffure. The original Chokwe name (pwo) referred to an adult ...

The exhibit, “Traces: Reconstructing the History of a Chokwe Mask,” chronicles the mask’s origins from what is now Angola to Ann Arbor.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - An exhibition at the University of Michigan Museum of Art traces an African mask’s 100-year, 10,000-mile journey. The exhibit, “Traces: Reconstructing the History of a ...