SOLD / SOLD! MC1254 Very elegant insider cap LEGA Headdress Congo DRC
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CONGO DRC
Lega headdress - Cult of the Bwami.
This type of headdress was worn by initiates of the Bwami cult, an initiatory society of rank whose secret rites were reserved for initiates. This association organized the social structure and ensured the stability of the Lega community.
The headdress is one of the only objects of the Bwami which was used publicly
The Lega are a Bantu forest people of Central Africa, established mainly in eastern Congo DRC, east of the Lwalaba River (the Congo River), up to altitude in the Mitumba mountains, in the provinces of South- Kivu and Maniema.
PROVENANCE: Ex - Franco-Belgian collection of Mr Ph. V.
(More details on request)
(More details on request)
Features:
TYPE OF OBJECT: Headdress, bonnet, hat
ETHNIC GROUP: Lega-Warega.
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Democratic Republic of Congo
(ex Belgian Congo, ex Zaire).
Provinces: Kivu and Maniema.
MATERIAL: Basketry, buttons, fibers
DIMENSIONS: Height about 16 cm.
(without the tail or the chin strap)
Diameter 17cm
CONDITION: Average
See photos.
See photos.
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Bibliography - Art Lega - Bibliography:
- Lega. Ethics and Beauty in the heart of Africa. Daniel P. Biebuyck. 2002. KBC.
- Lega jewels from the Benoît Rousseau collection. Viviane Baeke, RMCA and Benoît Rousseau. 2013. BRUNEAF.
- Lega jewels from the Benoît Rousseau collection. Viviane Baeke, RMCA and Benoît Rousseau. 2013. BRUNEAF.
- In search of the meaning of Bwami, through a collection unlike any other. Viviane Baeke. Undated. Royal Museum for Central Africa.
- The sculpture of the Lega. Daniel P. Biebuyck. 1994. Galerie Hélène and Philippe Leloup-Paris-New-York.
- The arts of Zaire, Vol II Eastern Zaire. Daniel P. Biebuyck, 1986, University of California Press.
- The Art of the Central African Lega, Elizabeth L. Cameron. 2013, Quai Branly Museum.
- Lega Culture. Art, Initiation and Moral Philosophy Among a Central African People. Daniel P. Biebuyck. 1973. University of California Press.
- The Lega and their art. In the footsteps of a dreamer lost in Congoland Emile-Alexandre Georges. 2005. Royal Museum for Central Africa.
- The Lega and their art. In the footsteps of a dreamer lost in Congoland Emile-Alexandre Georges. 2005. Royal Museum for Central Africa.
- The Lega Art - Greatness and Humility. In the Vallois collection, Valentine Plisnier and Michel Boulanger, 2016.
Lega people Bwami Headdress
This type of hat 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 hat is one of the only objects of the Bwami that was used publicly
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.
The hat is one of the only objects of the Bwami that was used publicly
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: Ex - Franco - Belgian Collection of Mr Ph. V. (More details on request)
Features:
TYPE OF OBJECT: Hat, headdress
ETHNICAL GROUP: Lega – Balega - Warega.
ORIGIN: Democratic Republic of Congo.
DRC (ex Belgian Congo, ex Zaire).
Kivu and Maniema provinces
MATERIAL: Buttons, vegetable fibers
DIMENSIONS: About 6 1/4 Inches high.
(without the tail and the chin strap)
Diameter 6 3/4"
Diameter 6 3/4"
CONDITION: Medium
Please have a look on the pictures
Please have a look on the pictures