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De kun in pangi territory, south kivu province, in aroundpeople / region: the lega live in the southern part of the kivu province of southeast central dclassic idimu handle mask – lega – dprovenance: ex-collection of nic de kun, brusselsliterature: valentine plisnier and michel boulanger: l’art lega, paris, , figs on ppmaterial: medium density wood of the alstonia congensis treesold with handwritten declaration of authenticity by drfine old patina overallthe face is still coloured with ample remains of the original white clay patinawesterdijk, museum ethnologist and cultural anthropologist specialized, for over 50 years now, in the study of the material cultures in african nations that live south of the saharathe handle sits in the vertical axis of the back and runs over its entire heightcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe forehead is slanting back and is, just like the cheeks, adorned with a triangle of double lines filled with dotsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiholes all along the lower edge of the face, but fibre beard missingdimensions: 30 x 17 x 11 cmall other parts are jet black from being burned with a red- hot iron on a oily surfacethe facial features of this example are very classical, consisting of a heart-shaped countenance with slit eyes, a rather long, slender nose and a low-placed slit mouth on the rim of the lower facethis masks forms part of a very small corpus of idimu objects that are fitted out with a handle at the backplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeit dates back to the periodobtained from him by hin good condition, but with signs of age written all over it
270 €
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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 maniemaprovenance: former sanaga gallery (tours, france)this type of hat was worn by initiates of the bwami cult, an initiation society which secret rites were reserved to initiatesthis society organised the social structure and ensured the stability of the lega communitydrc congo lega hat - bwami cult very lovely piececatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteformer joseph christiaens collection (brussels, belgium)are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
89 €