LEGA - KWAME rare Kayamba Mask Congo African Tribal Art

CONGO RDC
Large Zoomorphic Mask
KAYAMBA
LEGA - KWAME
Large Kwame Kayamba mask. The 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
The "Kayamba Mask" is easily recognizable
by the two horns on the top.
It is a relatively rare mask used by preceptors during the ceremonies of passage of young boys to adulthood.

Characteristics:
TYPE OF OBJECT: Mask.
ETHNICAL GROUP: Lega- Kwame
ORIGINE: Democratic Republic of Congo.
DRC (ex Belgian Congo, ex Zaïre).
MATÉRIAL: 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
Please have a look on the pictures.
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Bibliographie / Bibliography:
- Lega. Ethique et Beauté au coeur de l'Afrique. Daniel P. Biebuyck. 2002. KBC.
- Joyaux Lega de la collection Benoît Rousseau. Viviane Baeke, MRAC et Benoît Rousseau. 2013. BRUNEAF.
- A la recherche du sens du Bwami, au fil d'une collection pas comme les autres. Viviane Baeke. Sans date. Musée royal de l'Afrique central.
- La sculpture des Lega. Daniel P. Biebuyck. 1994. Galerie Hélène et Philippe Leloup- Paris-New-York.
- The arts of Zaïre, Vol II Eastern Zaïre. Daniel P. Biebuyck. 1986 University of California press.
- L'art des Lega d'Afrique centrale, 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.
- Les Lega et leur art. Sur les traces d’un rêveur égaré au Congoland. Emile-Alexandre Georges. 2005. Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale.
- L'Art Lega - Grandeur et Humilité. Dans la collection Vallier
(2016, Valentine Plisnier et Michel Boulanger)

Reserve: $850.00

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