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The mask usually was showed during the ceremonies of the bwami societyadvancing through the ranks within this bwami society involved a series of initiations accompanied by gifts and paymentslukwakongo masks are never worn on the face but are instead tied to the arm or displayed on a fence at the secret bwami meetingsas like other tribal art pieces, they do have natural abrasions and scuffs and sometimes small scrapesvintage wooden maskette with a worn, brownish patinaour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storedimensions: 16 cm in height (without the raphia beard)registered shippingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecarved out of a single block of wood which shows good signs of age, use, and exposureafrican tribal art lukwakondo small mask, from the lega ethnic group, located in eastern congo
42 €
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Drc congo lega hat - bwami cult very lovely piecethis type of hat was worn by initiates of the bwami cult, an initiation society which secret rites were reserved to initiatesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeformer joseph christiaens collection (brussels, belgium)the lega are a bantu forest people from central africa, mainly established in the east of the democratic republic of congo, at the east of the lualaba river, up to altitude in the mitumba mountains, in the provinces of south kivu and maniemaplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethis society organised the social structure and ensured the stability of the lega communityprovenance: former sanaga gallery (tours, france)
89 €
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Mask with horns, known under the name of kayamba, a cult of the bwamiwe can observe a little toothed mouth, the eyes are in the form of coffee beans, there are multiple holes on the cheeks, the eyebrows and on the nose bridge; these multiple holes reveal the damage caused on a braid by red ants; beautiful, ancient internal patina; remains of kaolin; we can note traces of adze work (have a look at the picture)our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeweight 160 grams; 400 grams including the standplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteshipment via bpost with track & trace, or it can be picked up in brusselsthese masks are rare and are only used in a few regions within the lega territorythis mask is in light-weighted woodare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
56 €