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Rare Beautiful idimu LEGA Bwami Cult Wood Mask Congo DRC African Tribal Art 1203
Rare Beautiful idimu LEGA Bwami Cult Wood Mask Congo DRC African Tribal Art 1203
Rare Beautiful idimu LEGA Bwami Cult Wood Mask Congo DRC African Tribal Art 1203
Rare Beautiful idimu LEGA Bwami Cult Wood Mask Congo DRC African Tribal Art 1203
Rare Beautiful idimu LEGA Bwami Cult Wood Mask Congo DRC African Tribal Art 1203
Rare Beautiful idimu LEGA Bwami Cult Wood Mask Congo DRC African Tribal Art 1203
Rare Beautiful idimu LEGA Bwami Cult Wood Mask Congo DRC African Tribal Art 1203
Rare Beautiful idimu LEGA Bwami Cult Wood Mask Congo DRC African Tribal Art 1203
Rare Beautiful idimu LEGA Bwami Cult Wood Mask Congo DRC African Tribal Art 1203
Rare Beautiful idimu LEGA Bwami Cult Wood Mask Congo DRC African Tribal Art 1203
Rare Beautiful idimu LEGA Bwami Cult Wood Mask Congo DRC African Tribal Art 1203

Rare Beautiful idimu LEGA Bwami Cult Wood Mask Congo DRC African Tribal Art 1203

$ 712.8

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Condition: Bad - Restored - But still a great mask (see pictures)

    Description

    CONGO DRC
    LEGA BWAMI IDIMU MASK
    Very rare mask, with three arches, with a typical heart-shaped face, decorated with kaolin
    In the specialized Artkhade database, only one mask with this feature is listed (from the Gossiaux collection)
    Marc Léo Félix lists this special architecture in "100 peoples of Zaire" page 70 ill14
    Idimu masks are significantly larger than Lukwakongo masks, but stylistically very close
    These are collective masks used during ceremonies for high-ranking people 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).
    MATÉRIAL: Wood
    DIMENSIONS: About 9 3/4 Inches high
    CONDITION:
    Very bad, seems to have been broken and reglued
    Please have a look on the pictures.
    The base is NOT included
    BIBLIOGRAPHIE / BIBLIOGRAPHY
    :
    - 100 peoples of Zaire and their sculpture. The handbook for collectors, scholars and students, Marc Leo Felix, Bruxelles: Zaïre Basin Art History Research Foundation, 1987
    - LEGA. ETHIQUE ET BEAUTEAU 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 VALLIER
    (2016, VALENTINE PLISNIER ET MICHEL BOULANGER)