Beautiful initiation BEMBE Mask Congo DRC African Tribal Art 1756
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CONGO DRC BEMBE INITIATION MASK "Eluba Ya Butende" Beautiful mask, with the typical aesthetic of this area of the country The face is surrounded by a stylized beard, the large half-closed eyes emit a beautiful serenity The Bembe are based in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, north of Lake Tanganyika. (Do not confuse them with the Beembe who sometimes also spell Bembe and who are a people of the Kongo group) Characteristics: TYPE OF OBJECT: Mask ETHNICAL GROUP: Bembe COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Democratic Republic Congo (ex Zaïre, ex Belgian Congo). MATERIAL: Wood. DIMENSIONS: About 9 3/4 inches high. CONDITION: Medium Please have a look on pictures. Stand display is NOT included ------------------------------- -------------------------- Bibliographie - Bibliography - Le Bwame du Léopard des Babembe (Kivu-Congo), Pol-Pierre Gossiaux, ULG 2000-2006 - Masks in Congo, Viviane Baeke, Baeke, Arthur Bourgeois, Kellim Brown, David Binkley, Rik Ceyssens, Marc Leo Felix, Pol Pierre Gossiaux, Manuel Jordanl, Constantin Petridis, Zoë Stroher, Julien Volper, Pan Yanqin. Edition Marc Leo Félix, 2016 pages 274 & 275 - 100 peoples of Zaïre and their sculpture. The handbook for collectors, scholars and students, Marc Leo Felix, Bruxelles: Zaïre Basin Art History Research Foundation, 1987 Page 33 - "Masques d'Afrique" , William Fagg, Fernand Nathan, 1980 - Persona. Masques d'Afrique. Identitès cachées et révélées, Anne-Marie Bouttiaux Editions 5 Continents & RMCA (Musée de Tervuren) - Bembe Art, Daniel P. Biebuyck, African Art, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Spring, 1972), pp. 12-19 +75-84 - La sculpture Bembe de l'Est du Zaïre, Roger Dechamps, Africa-Tervuren, XIX, 1973, n°4, pages 103 à 108 --------------------------
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Beautiful initiation BEMBE Mask Congo DRC African Tribal Art 1756
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