MC1192 Pretty Mask Lukwakongo Lega Bwami Mask Congo DRC

MC1192 Pretty Mask Lukwakongo Lega Bwami Mask Congo DRC

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CONGO DRC

Beautiful Lukwakongo LEGA Mask

Beautiful heart-shaped face mask bleached with kaolin The eyes are cowrie-shaped, the mouth is barely suggested

Cross-shaped scars on the forehead and cheeks

Lukwakongo masks are small, light wooden masks that belong to high-ranking members of the Bwami (Yananio rank)

This type of mask was used in the context of the Bwami cult, a high-ranking initiatory society whose secret rites were reserved for 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, living mainly in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, east of the Lwalaba River (the Congo River), up to high altitudes in the Mitumba Mountains, in the provinces of South Kivu and Maniema.


Features:
OBJECT TYPE: Mask.
ETHNIC GROUP: LEGA - Warega
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Democratic Republic of Congo DRC
(ex Belgian Congo, ex Zaire).
MATERIAL: Wood
DIMENSIONS: Height 15 cm.
CONDITION: Average
See photos.
The base is NOT included
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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, MRAC and Benoît Rousseau. 2013. BRUNEAF.
- In search of the meaning of Bwami, through a collection like no 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 Lega of Central Africa, Elizabeth L. Cameron. 2013. Musée du quai Branly.
- 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.
- L'Art Lega - Grandeur and Humility. In the Vallois collection, Valentine Plisnier and Michel Boulanger, 2016
- Sculptures do not speak. The Balega made them speak, Daniel P. Biebuyck Cahiers de literature oral 67-68: 69-81, 2010
- The Warega and the Wabembe. An extraordinary social culture and an astonishing civilization without writing in Central Africa, Alexandre Safiannikoff, 2022, Paul Safiannikoff

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CONGO DRC
 
LEGA Bwami Lukwakongo Mask


Beautiful heart-shaped face mask bleached with kaolin Eyes are cowry-shaped, the mouth is barely suggested
Cross-shaped scarifications on the forehead and cheeks

Lukwakongo maskettes are small and light wooden masks belonging to high-ranking members of the Bwami (rank Yananio)

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.
 
Features:

TYPE OF OBJECT: Mask.
ETHNICAL GROUP: Lega .
ORIGIN: Democratic Republic of Congo.
DRC (former Belgian Congo, former Zaire).
MATERIAL: Wood
DIMENSIONS: About 6 Inches high
CONDITION:Medium
 Please have a look on the pictures.
Base is NOT included
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