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Powerful Idimu LEGA Bwami Cult Face Mask Congo DRC
Powerful Idimu LEGA Bwami Cult Face Mask Congo DRC
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  • Title: Powerful Idimu LEGA Bwami Cult Face Mask Congo DRC African Tribal Art 1033
  • Additional Information: CONGO DRC
    LEGA BWAMI IDIMU
    MASK
    Idimu mask with a very rare architecture, the eyes placed obliquely in the middle of huge orbits bleached with kaolin, the top of the head is flat, the mouth is small, with stylized and well marked teeth
    It gives off a strong impression of power
    We found a mask with similar orbits in Joyaux Lega, page 45
    There is a Ngbaka mask that is surprisingly similar in its design in "100 peoples of Zaire" by Marc Leo Felix, page 121 n ° 2 (see bibliography) which shows quite well the porosity of the styles in the Congo tribes
    The Ngbaka mask illustrated in the book has its tribe's typical scarifications on the nose.
    Old mask, it has been restored
    This type of mask was used as part of the cult of the Bwami, an association that organized the social structure
    and ensured the stability of the Lega community.
    The Lega are a Bantu forest people of Central Africa, established in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in the provinces of South Kivu and Maniema.

    CHARACTERISTICS :
    TYPE OF OBJECT : Mask.
    ETHNICAL GROUP : Lega .
    ORIGINE : Democratic Republic of Congo.
    DRC (ex Belgian Congo, ex Zaïre).
    MATERIAL : Wood
    DIMENSIONS : About 9 3/4 Inches high
    CONDITION : Medium - Bad:
    Damaged and restored
    Please have a look on the pictures
    THE BASE IS NOT INCLUDED
    BIBLIOGRAPHIE / BIBLIOGRAPHY :
    - LEGA. ETHIQUE ET BEAUTE AU COEUR DE L'AFRIQUE. DANIEL P. BIEBUYCK. 2002. KBC.
    - JOYAUX LEGA DE LA COLLECTION BENOIT ROUSSEAU. VIVIANE BAEKE, MRAC ET BENOIT ROUSSEAU. 2013. BRUNEAF.
    - A LA RECHERCHE DU SENS DU BWAMI, AU FIL D'UNE COLLECTION PAS COMME LES AUTRES. VIVIANE BAEKE. SANS DATE. MUSEE ROYAL DE L'AFRIQUE CENTRALE
    - LA SCULPTURE DES LEGA. DANIEL P. BIEBUYCK. 1994. GALERIE HELENE ET PHILIPPE LELOUP- PARIS-NEW-YORK.
    - THE ARTS OF ZAIRE, VOL II EASTERN ZAIRE. DANIEL P. BIEBUYCK. 1986 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS.
    - L'ART DES LEGA D'AFRIQUE CENTRALE, ELIZABETH L. CAMERON. 2013. MUSÉE DU QUAI BRANLY.
    - LEGA CULTURE. ART, INITIATION AND MORAL PHILOSOPHY AMONG A CENTRAL AFRICAN PEOPLE. DANIEL P. BIEBUYCK. 1973. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS.
    - LES LEGA ET LEUR ART. SUR LES TRACES D’UN REVEUR EGARE AU CONGOLAND. EMILE-ALEXANDRE GEORGES. 2005. MUSEE ROYAL DE L'AFRIQUE CENTRALE.
    - L'ART LEGA - GRANDEUR ET HUMILITE. DANS LA COLLECTION VALLIER (2016, VALENTINE PLISNIER ET MICHEL BOULANGER)
    - 100 PEOPLES OF ZAIRE AND THEIR SCULPTURE. THE HANDBOOK FOR COLLECTORS, SCHOLARS AND STUDENTS, MARC LEO FELIX, BRUXELLES : ZAIRE BASIN ART HISTORY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, 1987

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    Powerful Idimu LEGA Bwami Cult Face Mask Congo DRC

    Estimate $1,200 - $1,500
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