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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 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)provenance: 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 €
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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 standcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablemask with horns, known under the name of kayamba, a cult of the bwamiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethis mask is in light-weighted woodshipment 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)our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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 catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitevintage wooden maskette with a worn, brownish patinaas like other tribal art pieces, they do have natural abrasions and scuffs and sometimes small scrapesdimensions: 16 cm in height (without the raphia beard)carved out of a single block of wood which shows good signs of age, use, and exposurethe mask usually was showed during the ceremonies of the bwami societylukwakongo masks are never worn on the face but are instead tied to the arm or displayed on a fence at the secret bwami meetingsregistered shippingadvancing through the ranks within this bwami society involved a series of initiations accompanied by gifts and paymentsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
42 €
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitepostage 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 moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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 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 availableprovenance: 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 periodde kun in pangi territory, south kivu province, in around
270 €
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Artist: tony bennett. label: columbia.
14 €
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableself-collected in bakongo and kinshasaplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitesent with track and trace read morethe frames have a side of 13 cmthey are made from bone or hippopotamus tootha nice lot of small masks from congothey are offered in a set of three small frames that form a whole, but of course the masks can also be arranged separatelyour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storemasks have a height of cm
85 €
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It is the legacy of the lega people’s belief, transmitted to other peoples from their lineageare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihe would also evoke the one of his uncle, if he was in the same villagecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitebut those rites were quite simple and did not include an esoteric teaching comparable to the one of the region of balese-komoeach individual could evoke the spirit of his major lineage in the villageamong the rites of passage, only those who believed deserved to be mentioned, like for example the “tshoo” of the metokoalthough 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”for them, this god is like a first ancestor or cultural herothe belief in the spirit of nature was quite developedbut the reference to ancestors, in order to reach god was greaterour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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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Genre: classicalmissing information?sub genre: compilation
153 €