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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 dmaterial: medium density wood of the alstonia congensis treethe handle sits in the vertical axis of the back and runs over its entire heightsold with handwritten declaration of authenticity by drplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe 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 facewesterdijk, 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 saharacatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableclassic idimu handle mask – lega – dprovenance: ex-collection of nic de kun, brusselsliterature: 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 storeholes all along the lower edge of the face, but fibre beard missingare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikidimensions: 30 x 17 x 11 cmobtained from him by hin 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 backall other parts are jet black from being burned with a red- hot iron on a oily surfacefine old patina overallthe forehead is slanting back and is, just like the cheeks, adorned with a triangle of double lines filled with dotsthe face is still coloured with ample remains of the original white clay patinait dates back to the period
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 catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethis type of hat was worn by initiates of the bwami cult, an initiation society which secret rites were reserved to initiatesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteformer joseph christiaens collection (brussels, belgium)this society organised the social structure and ensured the stability of the lega communitydrc congo lega hat - bwami cult very lovely pieceprovenance: former sanaga gallery (tours, france)our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
89 €