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LEGA Bwami Lukwakongo wooden Mask Congo Drc African Tribal Art Provenance 0760
LEGA Bwami Lukwakongo wooden Mask Congo Drc African Tribal Art Provenance 0760
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  • Title: LEGA Bwami Lukwakongo wooden Mask Congo Drc African Tribal Art Provenance 0760
  • Provenance/Additional Info: TRIBALART BE - AFRICAN TRIBAL ART GALLERY - BELGIUM
    GALERIE DE LA LOUVE
    CONGO DRC
    LEGA
    Lukwakongo Mask
    Nice little mask with a very stylized face
    The eyes of this brand are not pierced
    Beautiful long beard of plant fibers
    This type of mask was used in the cult of the Bwami, a level society whose rites were reserved for the initiates
    This association organized the social structure and ensured
    the stability of the Lega community.
    The Lega are a Bantu forest people of Central Africa,
    established mainly in the east of the Congo Drc, east of the Lwalaba River (the Congo River), up to the altitude in the Mitumba Mountains,
    in the provinces of South Kivu and Maniema.
    PROVENANCE : Patric CLAES
    Patric Claes is a Belgian dealer of African Art in Brussels
    He is a specialist for the Congo traditional Arts
    Exhibition in Cultures Bruneaf Brussels in 2019 He made also an exhibition of MBANGU PENDE (sickness Pende masks) in 2017. CHARACTERISTICS :
    TYPE OF OBJECT : Mask
    ETHNICAL GROUP : Lega
    ORIGINE : Democratic Republic of Congo
    DRC (ex Belgian Congo, ex Zaire)
    MATERIAL : Wood, vegetal fibers (raffia)
    DIMENSIONS : About 7 Inches high (Wood)
    20 with the beard
    CONDITION : Medium
    Please have a look on the pictureS
    BASE IS NOT INCLUDED
    BIBLIOGRAPHY - BIBLIOGRAPHIE :
    - 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 LEGA
    Joli petit MASQUE LUKWAKONGO
    MASQUE TRES STYLISE
    LES YEUX NE SONT PAS PERCES, CE QUI EST RELATIVEMENT RARE
    BELLE LONGUE BARBE DE FIBRES VEGETALES
    CE TYPE DE MASQUE ETAIT UTILISE DANS LE CADRE DU CULTE DU BWAMI, UNE SOCIETE INITIATIQUE DE GRADE DONT LES RITES SECRETS ETAIENT RESERVES AUX INITIES
    CETTE ASSOCIATION ORGANISAIT LA STRUCTURE SOCIALE ET ASSURAIT LA STABILITE DE LA COMMUNAUTE LEGA.
    LES LEGA SONT UN PEUPLE FORESTIER BANTOU D'AFRIQUE CENTRALE, ETABLI PRINCIPALEMENT DANS L'EST DE LA REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE
    DU CONGO, A L'EST DU FLEUVE LWALABA (LE FLEUVE CONGO), JUSQU'EN ALTITUDE DANS LES MONTS MITUMBA,
    DANS LES PROVINCES DU SUD-KIVU ET DU MANIEMA.
    BONNE PROVENANCE : Patric CLAES
    PATRIC CLAES EST UN MARCHAND BELGE D'ART AFRICAIN, SITUE A BRUXELLES C'EST UN GRAND SPECIALISTE DES ARTS TRADITIONNELS DU CONGO.
    PARTICIPANT AU DERNIER CULTURES BRUNEAF EN 2019 AU SABLON, BRUXELLES, IL A EGALEMENT ORGANISE UNE EXPOSITION DE MASQUES MBANGU PENDE (MASQUES DE MALADIE) EN 2017. CARACTERISTIQUES :
    TYPE D'OBJET : Masque
    GROUPE ETHNIQUE : LEGA - Warega
    PAYS D'ORIGINE : REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO RDC (ex Congo Belge, ex Zaire)
    MATERIAU : Bois, fibres végétales (raphia)
    DIMENSIONS : Hauteur 18 cm (bois)
    51 cm avec la barbe
    ETAT : Moyen
    Voir photos
    LE SOCLE N'EST PAS COMPRIS

    Reserve: $250.00

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