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Bena Lulua mask with handle - DRC, Congo - African Art Tribal Art

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Bena Lulua mask with handle - DRC, Congo - African Art Tribal Art

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Title: Bena Lulua mask with handle - DRC, Congo - African Art Tribal Art

Item Category: Mask

Date/Period: Mid 20th century

Origin: DRC, Congo

Materials: Wood

Dimensions: 16,93 Inch

Weight: 1,32 Pounds

Note: Stand not included. A universal or custom base can be ordered separately.

Additional Information: This Luluwa mask is associated with circumcision rites and funerals of dignitaries.
Curvilinear designs and lozenge motifs alternate on the surface.
According to Rik Ceyssens in "Congo Masks" (p.156 . ed. M.L.Félix) and as attested by the sketches of H.M.Lemme who accompanied Frobenius on his travels in the Congo, this pattern of looped scarification was widespread among various Luluwa subgroups in 1905. The Bakwa also sported this type of tribal scarring. It was in the south of the Democratic Republic of Congo that the Lulua , or Bena Lulua ,from West Africa settled. Their social structure, based on castes, is similar to that of the Luba. They produced few masks, but mostly statues of ancestors representing the ideal warrior, mulalenga wa nkashaama, as well as the chief of the Leopard society and mbulenga statuettes related to nature spirits. Despite Kalamba Mukwenge's attempt, in the late nineteenth century, to eradicate traditional cults by means of burning, the religious system continued, such as the fertility cult tshibola . (Tribal art of black Africa. JB Bacquart; "Umbangu, Art du Congo au Musée Royal du Cogo Belge" ed. Cultura.

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Bena Lulua mask with handle - DRC, Congo - African Art Tribal Art

Name: Bena Lulua mask with handle - DRC, Congo - African Art Tribal Art
SKU: 132046989
Price: 520 USD
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