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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 treedimensions: 30 x 17 x 11 cmobtained from him by hliterature: 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 websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablewesterdijk, 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 forehead is slanting back and is, just like the cheeks, adorned with a triangle of double lines filled with dotsfine old patina overallsold with handwritten declaration of authenticity by drthe handle sits in the vertical axis of the back and runs over its entire heightholes all along the lower edge of the face, but fibre beard missingthe face is still coloured with ample remains of the original white clay patinain good condition, but with signs of age written all over itall other parts are jet black from being burned with a red- hot iron on a oily surfaceclassic idimu handle mask – lega – dare 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 storeprovenance: ex-collection of nic de kun, brusselsit dates back to the periodthis masks forms part of a very small corpus of idimu objects that are fitted out with a handle at the back
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 maniemadrc congo lega hat - bwami cult very lovely pieceare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiprovenance: former sanaga gallery (tours, france)this society organised the social structure and ensured the stability of the lega communitythis 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)please 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 storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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