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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 – dit dates back to the periodour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storesold with handwritten declaration of authenticity by drwesterdijk, 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 saharaall other parts are jet black from being burned with a red- hot iron on a oily surfacematerial: medium density wood of the alstonia congensis treethe forehead is slanting back and is, just like the cheeks, adorned with a triangle of double lines filled with dotsobtained from him by hthe 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 facedimensions: 30 x 17 x 11 cmcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe face is still coloured with ample remains of the original white clay patinaliterature: valentine plisnier and michel boulanger: l’art lega, paris, , figs on ppplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe handle sits in the vertical axis of the back and runs over its entire heightare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithis masks forms part of a very small corpus of idimu objects that are fitted out with a handle at the backholes all along the lower edge of the face, but fibre beard missingprovenance: ex-collection of nic de kun, brusselsfine old patina overallin 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 maniemaare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithis society organised the social structure and ensured the stability of the lega communityour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethis type of hat was worn by initiates of the bwami cult, an initiation society which secret rites were reserved to initiatesprovenance: former sanaga gallery (tours, france)former joseph christiaens collection (brussels, belgium)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitedrc congo lega hat - bwami cult very lovely piececatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
89 €