Kakongo

List kakongo

• Mask - Wood - Ancienne collection Robert Lemariey (Paris,

  

  It is the legacy of the lega people’s belief, transmitted to other peoples from their lineagehe would also evoke the one of his uncle, if he was in the same villagethe belief in the spirit of nature was quite developedalthough the metoko and the lengola were uncivilised forest peoples, they all believed in a god creator, represented in different cultural objects, masks, figurines and sculptures named “kakongo”our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storebut those rites were quite simple and did not include an esoteric teaching comparable to the one of the region of balese-komoeach individual could evoke the spirit of his major lineage in the villageare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikifor them, this god is like a first ancestor or cultural heroplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteamong the rites of passage, only those who believed deserved to be mentioned, like for example the “tshoo” of the metokobut the reference to ancestors, in order to reach god was greatercatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available

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