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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 maniemaare 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 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
89 €
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These masks are rare and are only used in a few regions within the lega territoryare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiweight 160 grams; 400 grams including the standshipment 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)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 storethis mask is in light-weighted woodcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablemask with horns, known under the name of kayamba, a cult of the bwami
56 €
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African tribal art lukwakondo small mask, from the lega ethnic group, located in eastern congoare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikilukwakongo masks are never worn on the face but are instead tied to the arm or displayed on a fence at the secret bwami meetingsregistered shippingvintage wooden maskette with a worn, brownish patinaas like other tribal art pieces, they do have natural abrasions and scuffs and sometimes small scrapescarved 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 websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe mask usually was showed during the ceremonies of the bwami societyadvancing through the ranks within this bwami society involved a series of initiations accompanied by gifts and paymentsdimensions: 16 cm in height (without the raphia beard)catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
42 €
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikipostage 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 moreplease 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
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 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 surfaceare 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 backde kun in pangi territory, south kivu province, in around
270 €
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14 €
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikia nice lot of small masks from congothey are made from bone or hippopotamus toothself-collected in bakongo and kinshasamasks have a height of cmthe frames have a side of 13 cmsent with track and trace read moreplease 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 storethey are offered in a set of three small frames that form a whole, but of course the masks can also be arranged separatelycatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
85 €
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It is the legacy of the lega people’s belief, transmitted to other peoples from their lineagebut the reference to ancestors, in order to reach god was greaterare 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 villagealthough 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 developedplease 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 storefor them, this god is like a first ancestor or cultural heroeach individual could evoke the spirit of his major lineage in the villagecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableamong 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 polvereil materiale usato è esente iva artdotazione: scatola, istruzioni, sw, tappo corpo bf-1b, copri slitta flash, carica batterie mh-25, batteria nikon en-el15, tracolla
710 €
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Missing information?sub genre: compilationgenre: classical
153 €