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LEGA Iginga Figure Cult of the Bwami Warega Congo Drc

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Title: LEGA Iginga Figure Cult of the Bwami Warega Congo Drc African Tribal Art 1117

Additional Information: CONGO DRC
LEGA PEOPLE BWAMI FIGURE (IGINGA).
These statuettes generically called Igingawere used in 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 : Figure, statue, figurine.
ETHNICAL GROUP : Lega – Balega - Warega.
ORIGINE : Democratic Republic of Congo.
(ex Belgian Congo, ex Zaire)
Sud Kivu and Maniema provinces
MATERIAL : Wood
DIMENSIONS : About 9 3/4 inches high
10 1/4 " with the base
CONDITION : Medium
Very light wood
Please have a look on the pictures

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BIBLIOGRAPHIE / 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 VALLIER (2016, VALENTINE PLISNIER ET MICHEL BOULANGER)

CONGO RDC
IGINGA LEGA : STATUETTE DU CULTE DU BWAMI
CES STATUETTES APPELEES GENERIQUEMENT IGINGA DANS LE CADRE DU BWAMI, UNE ASSOCIATION QUI ORGANISAIT LA STRUCTURE SOCIALE ET ASSURAIT LA STABILITE DE LA COMMUNAUTE LEGA. LES LEGA SONT UN PEUPLE FORESTIER BANTOU D'AFRIQUE CENTRALE, ETABLI DANS L'EST DE LA REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO (RDC), DANS LES PROVINCES DU SUD-KIVU ET DU MANIEMA.
CARACTERISTIQUES :
TYPE D'OBJET : Iginga. (Statue, statuette, figurine)
GROUPE ETHNIQUE : Lega- Warega
PAYS D'ORIGINE : REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO
(ex Congo Belge, ex Zaire).
Provinces : Sud-Kivu et Maniema
MATERIAU : Bois
DIMENSIONS : Hauteur : 24 cm
26 cm avec le socle
ETAT : Moyen
BOIS TRES LEGER
Voir photos

Reserve: $290.00

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