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BEMBE zoomorphic initiation owl mask Congo Drc African Tribal Art 1744
BEMBE zoomorphic initiation owl mask Congo Drc African Tribal Art 1744
Item Details
Description
CONGO DRC
Superb BEMBE zoomorphic mask
Eluba ya butende
Architecture very similar to that published in "Masks in Congo" in 2016 and sold at Sotheby's in 2007
In this book, Pol Pierre Gossiaux, undisputed specialist of the Bembe describes them as ambiguous and polysemous "owl" (cwecwe) masks, which can combine the traits of several animals (the buffalo mbogo and the tundu antilope tundu)
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)
They see themselves as the descendants of the Lega of which they are culturally close. The Bwamé of the Bembe has much in common with the Bwami of the Lega
At the same time, they have other secret associations such as Elunda and Alunga, whose mask helmets are well known by Congo art lovers.
Characteristics:
TYPE OF OBJECT: Mask.
ETHNICAL GROUP: Bembe.
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Democratic Republic Congo
(ex Zaïre, ex Belgian Congo).
MATERIAL: Wood.
DIMENSIONS: About 14 3/4 inches high (37.5 cm)
CONDITION: Correct
Base is not included
Please have a look on pictures

BIBLIOGRAPHIE - BIBLIOGRAPHY :
- Masks in Congo, Viviane Baeke, Baeke, Arthur Bourgeois, Kellim Brown, David Binkley, Rik Ceyssens, Marc Leo Felix, Pol Pierre Gossiaux, Manuel Jordanl, Constantin Petridis, Zoe Stroher, Julien Volper, Pan Yanqin. Edition Marc Leo Felix, 2016, pages 260-261

Reserve: $1,000.00

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    BEMBE zoomorphic initiation owl mask Congo Drc African Tribal Art 1744

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