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Biteki Bembe, Béembé figure - DRC Congo-

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Biteki Bembe, Béembé figure - DRC Congo-

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Title: Biteki Bembe, Béembé figure - DRC Congo- African Art Tribal Art

Date Period: Mid 20th century

Origin: DRC, Congo

Dimension: 5,91 Inch

Weight: 0,33 Pounds

Materials: Wood

Item Type: Figure, statue

Additional Information: Established on the plateaus of the People's Republic of Congo ex. Brazzaville, and not to be confused with the Bembé group north of Lake Tanganinyika, the small Babembé group, Béembé, was influenced by the Teké rites and culture, but especially by that of the Kongo.Settled in the present-day Republic of Congo, the Beembé were trained in originally the kingdom of Kongo, with the Vili, Yombé, Bwendé and Woyo. They were under the tutelage of King ntotela elected by the governors. The ivory, copper and slave trade were the main resources of this little-known group until colonization. The village leader, nga-bula, was responsible for interceding with the ancestors. Hunting being a major activity, ancestors were invoked through statuettes. These idealized representations of ancestors, kitebi or bimbi consecrated by the sorcerer, bore attributes of hunters or healers. Some of them, as in the Bakongo, were magical objects minkisi with nails and were equipped with holes in which medicines, bilongo, or relics of ancestors, were introduced.

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