MC1101 Rare Kayamba Kwame Lega mask Congo DRC
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CONGO DRC
Rare large KAYAMBA KWAME mask - LEGA
The Kayamba Mask is easily recognizable by the two horns on the top. It is a relatively rare mask, used by preceptors during the coming-of-age ceremonies for young boys.
The Kayamba Lega masks are entirely bleached with Kaolin, which is not the case with the Kayamba of the Kwame People.
The Kwame
The Kwame (Bakwame) are considered by some as a sub-tribe of the Lega, by others as a neighboring tribe sharing with them cultic and stylistic characteristics. This people is made up of 12 groups, only 8 of them practice Bwami.
Biebuyck writes that the Bakwame are the remarkable synthesis of the influences of Lega, Kumu, Songola, Nyanga and Konjo (Biebuyck, The Arts of Zaire, 1986, page 229)
They live in the province of Maniema, in the Territory of Punia and in the province of South Kivu, in the territory of Shabunda
Biebuyck writes that the Bakwame are the remarkable synthesis of the influences of Lega, Kumu, Songola, Nyanga and Konjo (Biebuyck, The Arts of Zaire, 1986, page 229)
They live in the province of Maniema, in the Territory of Punia and in the province of South Kivu, in the territory of Shabunda
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.
Features:
TYPE OF OBJECT: Mask.
ETHNIC GROUP: LEGA - KWAME
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Democratic Republic of Congo DRC
(ex Belgian Congo, ex Zaire).
MATERIAL: Wood.
DIMENSIONS: Height 34 cm.
CONDITION: Very bad, it seems to have been broken in two
It has been restored
It has been restored
The base is included
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.
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CONGO DRC
Large Zoomorphic Mask
KAYAMBA LEGA - KWAME
Large Kwame Kayamba mask.
The Kayamba Mask is easily recognizable by the two horns on the top. It is a relatively rare mask, used by preceptors during the initiation rites of young boys for the passage to adulthood
Kayamba Lega masks are fully bleached with Kaolin, which is not the case with the Kayamba of the Kwame People
The Kwame
The Kwame (Bakwame) are considered by some as a sub-tribe of the Lega, by others as a neighboring tribe sharing with them cultual and stylistic characteristics. This people is divided into 12 independent groups, only 8 of them practicing the cult of the Bwami.
Biebuyck writes that the Bakwame are the remarkable synthesis of the influences of the Lega, Kumu, Songola, Nyanga and Konjo (Biebuyck, The Arts of Zaire, 1986, page 229)
They live in the province of Maniema, in the Territory of Punia and in the province of South Kivu, in the territory of Shabunda.
Kayamba Lega masks are fully bleached with Kaolin, which is not the case with the Kayamba of the Kwame People
The Kwame
The Kwame (Bakwame) are considered by some as a sub-tribe of the Lega, by others as a neighboring tribe sharing with them cultual and stylistic characteristics. This people is divided into 12 independent groups, only 8 of them practicing the cult of the Bwami.
Biebuyck writes that the Bakwame are the remarkable synthesis of the influences of the Lega, Kumu, Songola, Nyanga and Konjo (Biebuyck, The Arts of Zaire, 1986, page 229)
They live in the province of Maniema, in the Territory of Punia and in the province of South Kivu, in the territory of Shabunda.
Features:
TYPE OF OBJECT: Mask.
ETHNICAL GROUP: Lega- Kwame
ORIGIN: Democratic Republic of Congo.
DRC (ex Belgian Congo, ex Zaire).
MATERIAL: Wood
DIMENSIONS: About 13 1/4 Inches high
CONDITION: very bad
it seems to have been broken in half
It has been restored
The base is included
it seems to have been broken in half
It has been restored
The base is included
Please have a look on the pictures.