Yela mask - Wood - Ancienne collection Robert Lemariey (Paris, France) - DR Congo
Sold with a custom-made stand. Our guarantees: - Shipment of the parcel 24h after receiving the payment (except weekends) . - Transmission of the parcel’s track & trace code. The Yela live in the forests of Kasai Oriental, in eastern D. R Congo (former Zaire) . Most of them are farmers, cultivating bananas or Cola trees. In recent years, this population who suffers hardly because of the economic crisis, moved to the big cities, deserting the countryside. Documentation about this art is lacking, we could not find any information about their customs. Provenance: - Former Robert Lemariey collection (Paris, France) .
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Sold with a custom-made stand. Our guarantees: - Shipment of the parcel 24h after receiving the payment (except weekends) . - Transmission of the parcel’s track & trace code. The Yela live in the forests of Kasai Oriental, in eastern D. R Congo (former Zaire) . Most of them are farmers, cultivating bananas or Cola trees. In recent years, this population who suffers hardly because of the economic crisis, moved to the big cities, deserting the countryside. Documentation about this art is lacking, we could not find any information about their customs. Provenance: - Former Robert Lemariey collection (Paris, France) .
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