BEMBE Alunga Society Echwaboga Mask Congo DRC African Tribal Art 1363
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CONGO RDC
BEMBE ALUNGA MASK
"Ecwabuka ya alunga" (the head of Alunga)
Or Echwaboka (PP Gossiaux)
Those masks are often janiform and monoxyl helmets. But not always, it can be also two half cylinders connected by cords or plant fibers. An example is given and illustrated in "Masks of Africa" (pages 146 and 147), in "Fleuve Congo" (Figure 65 page 107) and in "Persona" (pages 214 and 215)
The Bembe are based in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, north of Lake Tanganyika. (Do not confuse them with the Beembe who sometimes also spell Bembe and who are a people of the Kongo group)
They see themselves as the descendants of the Lega of which they are culturally close. The Bwame of the Bembe has much in common with the Bwami of the Lega
At the same time, they have other secret associations such as Elunda and Alunga, whose mask helmets are well known by Congo art lovers.
CHARACTERISTICS :
TYPE OF OBJECT: Mask.
ETHNICAL GROUP: Bembe.
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Democratic Republic Congo
(ex Zaire, ex Belgian Congo).
MATERIAL : Wood.
DIMENSIONS : About 13 3/4 inches high.
CONDITION : Medium - Bad
Please have a look on pictures
Broken & glued (see last picture)
The base is not included
BIBLIOGRAPHY :
- LE BWAME DU LEOPARD DES BABEMBE (KIVU-CONGO), POL-PIERRE GOSSIAUX, ULG 2000-2006
- MASKS IN CONGO, VIVIANE BAEKE, BAEKE, ARTHUR BOURGEOIS, KELLIM BROWN, DAVID BINKLEY, RIK CEYSSENS, MARC LEO FELIX, POL PIERRE GOSSIAUX, MANUEL JORDANL, CONSTANTIN PETRIDIS, ZOË STROHER, JULIEN VOLPER, PAN YANQIN. EDITION MARC LEO FÉLIX, 2016
- 100 PEOPLES OF ZAIRE AND THEIR SCULPTURE. THE HANDBOOK FOR COLLECTORS, SCHOLARS AND STUDENTS, MAR LEO FELIX, BRUXELLES : ZAIRE BASIN ART HISTORY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, 1987
- "MASQUES D'AFRIQUE" , WILLIAM FAGG, FERNAND NATHAN, 1980
- PERSONA. MASQUES D'AFRIQUE. IDENTITES CACHEES ET REVELEES, ANNE-MARIE BOUTTIAUX EDITIONS 5 CONTINENTS & RMCA (MUSEE DE TERVUREN)
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BEMBE Alunga Society Echwaboga Mask Congo DRC African Tribal Art 1363
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