
Description
GALERIE DE LA LOUVE
CONGO DRC
SUPERB NSEMBU KUMU PANEL MASK
Among the Kumu, Nsembu masks are important objects, the masks, which go in pairs (female/male) are generally distinct, but can be more rarely joined and juxtaposed as is the case here.
For similar pieces, see Félix, 1987, pages 64 and 65 and Neyt, 2010, figure 47
The masks of the Komo (or Kumu) tribe represent the spirit of divination
They are used during ceremonies, only by the descendants of the first initiates of the greatest diviner Abálambú, (himself initiated by the cynocephalus monkeys, according to legend) At first taken for a madman, he was followed by his son-in-law, who then had many followers and developed a brotherhood, the ƃabánkunda.
The Kumu are a Bantu people living in the equatorial forest of eastern Congo DRC in the province of North Kivu, they are neighbors, among others, of the Lega, the Leka, the Lengola, the Songola, the Pere, the Kwame and the Nyanga
Characteristics:
TYPE OF OBJECT: Mask
ETHNICAL GROUP: Kumu - Komo
ORIGINE: Democratic Republic of Congo.
DRC (ex Belgian Congo, ex Zaïre).
MATERIAL: Wood
DIMENSIONS: About 18 3/4 Inches high (47.5 cm)
CONDITION: Medium
Please have a look on the pictures.
The base is NOT included
-Bibliographie - Bibliography:
- Le masque Komo : piece unique, piece qui fait unite, Wauthier De Mahieu, Tribal Art Magazine n°88, Eté 2018
- 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
- Fleuve Congo, François NEYT, Musee du Quai Branly, Fonds Mercator, 2010
Reserve: $600.00
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Superb KOMO - KUMU wood pannel Mask Congo Drc African Tribal Art Gallery 1673
Estimate $700-$800
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