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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 scrapesafrican tribal art lukwakondo small mask, from the lega ethnic group, located in eastern congoour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableregistered shippingare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikivintage wooden maskette with a worn, brownish patinacarved out of a single block of wood which shows good signs of age, use, and exposureplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitedimensions: 16 cm in height (without the raphia beard)
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 initiatesformer joseph christiaens collection (brussels, belgium)our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe 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 maniemathis society organised the social structure and ensured the stability of the lega communityare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteprovenance: former sanaga gallery (tours, france)
89 €
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Mask with horns, known under the name of kayamba, a cult of the bwamiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithis mask is in light-weighted woodweight 160 grams; 400 grams including the standplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethese masks are rare and are only used in a few regions within the lega territoryshipment via bpost with track & trace, or it can be picked up in brusselswe 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)
56 €