SOLD / SOLD! MC1071 Large Kayamba mask LEGA mask Congo DRC
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CONGO DRC
Very beautiful Kayamba anthropo-zoomorphic mask Lega
The Mask Kayamba is easily recognizable by the two horns on top. It is a relatively rare mask, used by tutors during coming-of-age ceremonies for young boys.
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 high altitudes in the Mitumba Mountains, in the provinces of South Kivu and Maniema.
Features:
OBJECT TYPE: Mask
ETHNIC GROUP: Lega
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Democratic Republic of Congo DRC
(ex Belgian Congo, ex Zaire).
MATERIAL: Wood.
DIMENSIONS: Height 38 cm. (wood only)
CONDITION: Average
A lot defects and restoration at the level of one of the horns
A lot defects and restoration at the level of one of the horns
(See photos).
The base is included
The base is 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.
- 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.
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CONGO DRC
Superb & Large Anthropo-Zoomorphic
"KAYAMBA" LEGA Mask
The "Kayamba Mask" is easily recognizable by the two horns on the top. It is a relatively rare mask, used by the preceptors during the ceremonies of passage of young boys to adulthood.
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 15 inches high (wood only)
CONDITION: Medium
CONDITION: Medium
Some defects and a restoration at one of the horns
See pictures
Stand display is included
Stand display is included