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Drc congo lega hat - bwami cult very lovely piecethis society organised the social structure and ensured the stability of the lega communitythe 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)our 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 availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithis 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 websiteprovenance: former sanaga gallery (tours, france)
89 €
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These masks are rare and are only used in a few regions within the lega territoryour 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 availablemask with horns, known under the name of kayamba, a cult of the bwamiare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithis mask is in light-weighted woodweight 160 grams; 400 grams including the standplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteshipment via bpost with track & trace, or it can be picked up in brusselswe can observe a little toothed mouth, the eyes are in the form of coffee beans, there are multiple holes on the cheeks, the eyebrows and on the nose bridge; these multiple holes reveal the damage caused on a braid by red ants; beautiful, ancient internal patina; remains of kaolin; we can note traces of adze work (have a look at the picture)
56 €
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African tribal art lukwakondo small mask, from the lega ethnic group, located in eastern congoas like other tribal art pieces, they do have natural abrasions and scuffs and sometimes small scrapesour 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 availableregistered shippingare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiadvancing through the ranks within this bwami society involved a series of initiations accompanied by gifts and paymentsvintage wooden maskette with a worn, brownish patinalukwakongo masks are never worn on the face but are instead tied to the arm or displayed on a fence at the secret bwami meetingscarved out of a single block of wood which shows good signs of age, use, and exposureplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitedimensions: 16 cm in height (without the raphia beard)the mask usually was showed during the ceremonies of the bwami society
42 €
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Our 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 availablepostage stamps of the kingdom of italy, parastatal series "lega nazionale trieste" with original and full gums certified by the philatelic expert "sebastiano cilio" sassone catalogue value: € read moreare 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 website
220 €
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Classic idimu handle mask – lega – dpeople / region: the lega live in the southern part of the kivu province of southeast central dthis 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 missingour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storein good condition, but with signs of age written all over itthe handle sits in the vertical axis of the back and runs over its entire heightliterature: valentine plisnier and michel boulanger: l’art lega, paris, , figs on ppobtained from him by hit dates back to the periodthe face is still coloured with ample remains of the original white clay patinasold with handwritten declaration of authenticity by drcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikimaterial: medium density wood of the alstonia congensis treeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitewesterdijk, 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 saharafine old patina overalldimensions: 30 x 17 x 11 cmall other parts are jet black from being burned with a red- hot iron on a oily surfacede kun in pangi territory, south kivu province, in aroundprovenance: ex-collection of nic de kun, brusselsthe forehead is slanting back and is, just like the cheeks, adorned with a triangle of double lines filled with dotsthe 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 face
270 €
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Artist: tony bennett. label: columbia.
14 €
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Sent with track and trace read moreour 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 availablethey are offered in a set of three small frames that form a whole, but of course the masks can also be arranged separatelythe frames have a side of 13 cmmasks have a height of cmare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikia nice lot of small masks from congoself-collected in bakongo and kinshasathey are made from bone or hippopotamus toothplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
85 €
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It is the legacy of the lega people’s belief, transmitted to other peoples from their lineagefor them, this god is like a first ancestor or cultural heroour 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 availablebut the reference to ancestors, in order to reach god was greaterare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikieach individual could evoke the spirit of his major lineage in the villagehe would also evoke the one of his uncle, if he was in the same villagebut those rites were quite simple and did not include an esoteric teaching comparable to the one of the region of balese-komoplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitealthough the metoko and the lengola were uncivilised forest peoples, they all believed in a god creator, represented in different cultural objects, masks, figurines and sculptures named “kakongo”the belief in the spirit of nature was quite developedamong the rites of passage, only those who believed deserved to be mentioned, like for example the “tshoo” of the metoko
305 €
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Corpo resistente in lega di magnesio: a prova di acqua e polveredotazione: scatola, istruzioni, sw, tappo corpo bf-1b, copri slitta flash, carica batterie mh-25, batteria nikon en-el15, tracollail materiale usato è esente iva art
710 €
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Sub genre: compilationgenre: classicalmissing information?
153 €