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Lulua,Luluwa mask - DRC Congo - African Art Tribal Art
Lulua,Luluwa mask - DRC Congo - African Art Tribal Art
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  • Title:Lulua,Luluwa mask - DRC Congo - African Art Tribal Art
  • Description:It is in the south of the Democratic Republic of Congo that the Lulua, or Bena Lulua, from West Africa, settled. Their caste-based social structure is similar to that of the Luba. They produced few masks, but especially statues of ancestors representing the ideal warrior, mulalenga wa nkashaama, as well as the head of the Leopard Society and statuettes mbulenga related to the spirits of nature. Despite Kalamba Mukwenge's attempt at the end of the 19th century to eradicate traditional cults by using autodafés, the religious system continued, such as the fertility cult tshibola. The face with the characteristic protruding eyes of the Luluwa is accompanied by the warrior's headdress and a sculpted beard divided into five mats. Curvilinear and checkered patterns alternate on the shiny black brown surface of the wood.
    According to Rik Ceyssens in "Congo Masks" (p.156 . ed. M.L.Félix) and as evidenced by the sketches of H.M.Lemme who accompanied Frobenius on his travels in Congo, this model of loop scarifications was then widespread in various Luluwa subgroups in 1905. The Bakwa also sported this type of tribal scars. (Black African tribal art. JB Bacquart; " Umbangu, Art of Congo at the Royal Museum of the Belgian Cogo" ed. Cultura.)
  • Item category: Mask
  • Date/Period: Second half 20th century
  • Origin: DRC, Congo
  • Material: Wood
  • Size: 15.75 Inch
  • Weight: 2.87 Pounds
  • Additional Info: Stand not included.



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    Lulua,Luluwa mask - DRC Congo - African Art Tribal Art

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