LEGA KWAME rare Kayamba wood Mask Congo African Tribal Art Gallery 1101

  

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. ORIGINE: Democratic Republic of Congo. DRC (ex Belgian Congo, ex Zaïre). DIMENSIONS: About 13 1/4 Inches high. 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.

Ethique et Beauté au coeur de l'Afrique. Joyaux Lega de la collection Benoît Rousseau. Viviane Baeke, MRAC et Benoît Rousseau.

A la recherche du sens du Bwami, au fil d'une collection pas comme les autres. Musée royal de l'Afrique central. Galerie Hélène et Philippe Leloup- Paris-New-York.

The arts of Zaïre, Vol II Eastern Zaïre. 1986 University of California press. L'art des Lega d'Afrique centrale, Elizabeth L. Art, Initiation and Moral Philosophy Among a Central African People. Les Lega et leur art.

Sur les traces d'un rêveur égaré au Congoland. Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale. L'Art Lega - Grandeur et Humilité. (2016, Valentine Plisnier et Michel Boulanger). This item is in the category "Collectibles\Cultures & Ethnicities\African\1900-Now\Masks". The seller is "galerie-de-la-louve-arts-premiers" and is located in this country: BE. This item can be shipped worldwide.