SOLD / SOLD! Exceptional Mask Idimu LEGA Exceptional Mask MC0869
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Congo DRC
Exceptional Idimu LEGA Mask
This amazing mask would have (according to the collector who sold it to me) a relationship with birth .
I have only come across one similar mask in the literature, that of the Willy Mestach collection, which is much larger (Biebuyck, Lega. Ethics and Beauty, page 106)
Features:
OBJECT TYPE: Mask.
ETHNIC GROUP: LEGA
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Democratic Republic of Congo DRC
(ex Belgian Congo, ex Zaire).
MATERIAL: Wood.
DIMENSIONS: Height 24 cm.
STATUS: Good
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.
- 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.
- 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.
CONGO DRC
Exceptional
LEGA Idimu Mask
This amazing mask would have (according to the collector who sold it to me) a relationship with birth.
I have encountered in the literature only one similar mask, that of the Willy Mestach collection, much larger (Biebuyck, Lega. Ethique et Beauté, page 106 )
I have encountered in the literature only one similar mask, that of the Willy Mestach collection, much larger (Biebuyck, Lega. Ethique et Beauté, page 106 )
Features:
TYPE OF OBJECT: Mask.
ETHNICAL GROUP: Lega .
ORIGIN: Democratic Republic of Congo.
DRC (former Belgian Congo, former Zaire).
MATERIAL: Wood
DIMENSIONS: About 9 1/2 Inches high
CONDITION: Correct
Please have a look on the pictures.