SOLD - SOLD! Nice statuette LEGA Bwami Iginga figure

SOLD - SOLD! Nice statuette LEGA Bwami Iginga figure

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CONGO DRC

Superb Iginga Lega statuette

A surprisingly similar piece in aesthetics is illustrated in "Affinités Electives: Alexis Bonew and the Arts of the Congo" Sotheby's Dec 2014 auction catalogue (lot no. 3 sold for 27,500). Link on request.

These statuettes, generically called Iginga, were used within the framework of the Bwami, an association which organized the social structure and ensured the stability of the Lega community.

The Lega are a Bantu forest people of Central Africa, established in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in the provinces of South Kivu and Maniema.

Features:

TYPE OF OBJECT: Iginga. (Statue, statuette, figurine).
ETHNIC GROUP: Lega-Warega.
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Democratic Republic of Congo
DRC (formerly Belgian Congo, formerly Zaire).
Provinces: Kivu and Maniema.
MATERIAL: Wood.
DIMENSIONS: Height: 28 cm.
CONDITION: Good.
A large slit at the back to report.
(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, 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.
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CONGO DRC

Lega people Bwami figurine. (Iginga).

Very similar (design) to the Alexis Bonew figure sold 27,500 by Sotheby's in December 2014. (Link on demand)

These statuettes generically called Iginga and specifically Sakimatwematwe when they have multiple heads were used in the cult of the Bwami, an association that organized the social structure and ensured the stability of the Lega community.

 The Lega are a Bantu forest people of Central Africa, established in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in the provinces of South Kivu and Maniema.

Features:

TYPE OF OBJECT: Figure, statue, figurine.
ETHNICAL GROUP: Lega – Balega – Warega.
ORIGIN: Democratic Republic of Congo.
DRC (former Belgian Congo, former Zaire).
Kivu and Maniema provinces
MATERIAL: Wood.
DIMENSIONS: About 11 inches high.
CONDITION: Medium: a long crack on the back.
Please have a look on the pictures.

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