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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 dprovenance: ex-collection of nic de kun, brusselsmaterial: medium density wood of the alstonia congensis treeit dates back to the periodthe face is still coloured with ample remains of the original white clay patinafine old patina overallholes all along the lower edge of the face, but fibre beard missingwesterdijk, 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 saharaplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe 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 catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableliterature: valentine plisnier and michel boulanger: l’art lega, paris, , figs on ppthe handle sits in the vertical axis of the back and runs over its entire heightin good condition, but with signs of age written all over itdimensions: 30 x 17 x 11 cmsold with handwritten declaration of authenticity by drobtained 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 faceall other parts are jet black from being burned with a red- hot iron on a oily surfaceour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeclassic idimu handle mask – lega – dthis masks forms part of a very small corpus of idimu objects that are fitted out with a handle at the back
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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 maniemaformer joseph christiaens collection (brussels, belgium)provenance: former sanaga gallery (tours, france)drc congo lega hat - bwami cult very lovely pieceour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethis 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 initiatesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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