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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 dthe 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 facematerial: medium density wood of the alstonia congensis treethe handle sits in the vertical axis of the back and runs over its entire heightplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitein good condition, but with signs of age written all over itthis masks forms part of a very small corpus of idimu objects that are fitted out with a handle at the backliterature: valentine plisnier and michel boulanger: l’art lega, paris, , figs on ppour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storewesterdijk, 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 saharadimensions: 30 x 17 x 11 cmit dates back to the periodprovenance: ex-collection of nic de kun, brusselsthe face is still coloured with ample remains of the original white clay patinaall other parts are jet black from being burned with a red- hot iron on a oily surfacesold with handwritten declaration of authenticity by drfine old patina overallare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiholes all along the lower edge of the face, but fibre beard missingcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableobtained from him by hclassic idimu handle mask – lega – dthe forehead is slanting back and is, just like the cheeks, adorned with a triangle of double lines filled with dots
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 maniemaare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiprovenance: former sanaga gallery (tours, france)our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storedrc congo lega hat - bwami cult very lovely pieceplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethis 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)catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethis society organised the social structure and ensured the stability of the lega community
89 €