Large BASIKASINGO Ancestor Figure Congo Sikasingo Kasingo Statue Pre Bembe 1723

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Title: Large BASIKASINGO Ancestor Figure Congo Sikasingo Kasingo Statue Pre Bembe 1723

Description: CONGO DRC
Beautiful BASIKASINGO Ancestor Figure
Mizi or Mizimu
The Basinkasingo live in eastern Congo, north-west of Lake Tanganyka, in the Province of South Kivu, in the Territory of Fizi, and more precisely in the Sector of Lulenge.
They are named Pre-Bembe by some specialists like D. Biebuyck or considered as a Boyo (or Buyu) lineage by others (Nicolas de Kun, 1979)
Like the Hemba, (and the Boyo), their ancestor effigies are famous
Characteristics:
TYPE OF OBJECT: Ancestor statue, figure.
ETHNICAL GROUP: Basikasingo, Pre-Bembe,
Sikasingo, Kasingo.
ORIGINE: Democratic Republic of Congo.
DRC (ex Belgian Congo, ex Zaïre).
MATERIAL: Wood.
DIMENSIONS: About 21 1/4 inches high (54 cm)
CONDITION: Medium
Please have a look on the picture
Bibliography
- Statuary from the pre-Bembe hunters, Daniel P. Biebuyck, MRAC Tervuren, 1981
- The Tribal Arts of Africa, Jean-Baptiste Bacquart, Thames and Hudson, 1998

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Large BASIKASINGO Ancestor Figure Congo Sikasingo Kasingo Statue Pre Bembe 1723

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