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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 maniemaour 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 catawikiprovenance: former sanaga gallery (tours, france)this 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)
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 catawikishipment via bpost with track & trace, or it can be picked up in brusselsweight 160 grams; 400 grams including the standplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitewe 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)this mask is in light-weighted wood
56 €
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African tribal art lukwakondo small mask, from the lega ethnic group, located in eastern congoour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecarved out of a single block of wood which shows good signs of age, use, and exposurecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableregistered shippinglukwakongo masks are never worn on the face but are instead tied to the arm or displayed on a fence at the secret bwami meetingsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe mask usually was showed during the ceremonies of the bwami societyas like other tribal art pieces, they do have natural abrasions and scuffs and sometimes small scrapesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitedimensions: 16 cm in height (without the raphia beard)vintage wooden maskette with a worn, brownish patinaadvancing through the ranks within this bwami society involved a series of initiations accompanied by gifts and payments
42 €
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Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storepostage 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 morecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare 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 backmaterial: medium density wood of the alstonia congensis treethe face is still coloured with ample remains of the original white clay patinaliterature: valentine plisnier and michel boulanger: l’art lega, paris, , figs on ppthe 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 faceour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storewesterdijk, 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 saharaprovenance: ex-collection of nic de kun, brusselsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitesold with handwritten declaration of authenticity by drdimensions: 30 x 17 x 11 cmthe 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 itcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableholes all along the lower edge of the face, but fibre beard missingthe 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 catawikiit dates back to the periodobtained from him by hde kun in pangi territory, south kivu province, in aroundall other parts are jet black from being burned with a red- hot iron on a oily surfacefine old patina overall
270 €
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Artist: tony bennett. label: columbia.
14 €
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Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethey are made from bone or hippopotamus toothcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablea nice lot of small masks from congoself-collected in bakongo and kinshasathey are offered in a set of three small frames that form a whole, but of course the masks can also be arranged separatelysent with track and trace read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe frames have a side of 13 cmmasks have a height of cmplease 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 lineageour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storealthough 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”catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablefor them, this god is like a first ancestor or cultural heroamong the rites of passage, only those who believed deserved to be mentioned, like for example the “tshoo” of the metokoare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikibut those rites were quite simple and did not include an esoteric teaching comparable to the one of the region of balese-komohe would also evoke the one of his uncle, if he was in the same villageplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteeach individual could evoke the spirit of his major lineage in the villagebut the reference to ancestors, in order to reach god was greaterthe belief in the spirit of nature was quite developed
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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Missing information?sub genre: compilationgenre: classical
153 €