CONGO DRC
Superb LEGA Bwami mask
Probably Muminia
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 10 1/2 Inches high (27cm)
CONDITION: Medium
Please have a look on the pictures.
Base is NOT included


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. Musee 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 Vallois, Valentine Plisnier et Michel Boulanger, 2016
- Sculptures do not speak. The Balega made them speak, Daniel P. Biebuyck Cahiers de litterature orale 67-68: 69-81, 2010
- Les Warega et les Wabembe. Une extraordinaire culture sociale et une etonnante civilisation sans ecriture en Afrique centrale, Alexandre Safiannikoff, 2022, Paul Safiannikoff
- Bela Hein, grand initie des ivoires Lega, Bernard de Grunne, 2001
- Tresors d'Afrique, Musee de Tervuren, ouvrage collectif, MRAC, 1995
(Notices de Daniel P. Biebuyck)

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