Feathers could be attached to the perforations of the head. At the same time, the object has a punched bust of several holes, referring to the destructive work of a mat by red ants, also related to laziness and sexual debauchery. (Biebuyck 1973) Enigmatic statuette with a face carved in heart, like the masks of the ethnic group. Two-coloured skate abrasée.br / Within the Léga, the society of the Bwami open to men and women, organized social and political life. | Salle des ventes de Chinon HEIGHT: H = 17 cm without the beard, 25 cm on wood stand ( included in your package ). Beautiful dark satin patina, light shards and misses. The rectangular, flat bust, on which horizontal forearms appear in relief, is studded with hollow dotted. Lega primitive sculptures in African art.

Eroded two-tone patina. Inventive, rectangular proportions for this little character whose head takes up the cannons of Thega masks. The forehead protrudes slightly, the nose is narrow, eyes are slits and with …



Some of them are introduced by RMCA scientists, explaining their origin and their historical and scientific…#Spoon from the #Lega people of the Democratic Republic of Congo #DRC | Bone; honey brown patina. Nkuma according to E.L. Cameron, the name of the headdress worn by the high-ranking women of Bwami. A raffia beard is attached to the lower contours.

Feet and hands are digitized, hands gathered in front of the bust.

Also known as Warega, these individuals live in self-contained villages surrounded by palisades, usually on the top of hills. The face is smeared with chipped kaolin. Individual items were then kept in a woven bag worn over the shoulder ...A small stylized sculpture set on crenellated legs, with a heart-shaped face, concave, encrusted with cauris indicating the eyelids, it would refer to a proverb alone known to initiates.

Two faces, with their faces hollowed out in the heart, have thin, smiling lips lodged in the end of the chin. A bulge forms the lower part of the mask. A stylized tribal statuette named Sakimatwematwe (Multi-heads) belonging to an insider of the Bwami, among the many others used during the initiations, its structure is in the form of a central trunk around which two groups of losangic faces, in the concave centre, are directed in the north-south and west-east directions. prior to 1964View auction details, art exhibitions and online catalogues; bid, buy and collect contemporary, impressionist or modern art, old masters, jewellery, wine, watches, prints, rugs and books at sotheby's auction houseAncienne cuillère Lega, République Démocratique du Congo - Ivoire.., Auction est la plateforme de vente aux enchères d'objets d'art de référence.

This organization was subdivided into ...A sculpted figure associated with a proverb or saying, whose only Bwami initiates could decipher and understand the symbolic significance. PROVENANCE: -Gustave Bulkens, ex-gallery Dayak Antwerp early 80 's. Mate patina, velvety, desicit cracks.
A typical mask will have a triangular concave heart-shaped face. Within the Lea, the society of the Bwami open to men and women, organized social and political life. As in other tribes of the forest, men hunt and clear while women grow cassava. The legs without feet, semi-resalted, are spread sideways. The teacher guided the aspiring lega to a place where African lega masks and statuettes were displayed, and it was through careful observation that the future initiate had to guess the more or less complex meaning of these objects, true metaphors largely referring to proverbs and sayings. Those who were not allowed to see the object, in order to be protected, had to submit to expensive ceremonies, and sometimes even join the lower rank of the Bwami, the kongabulumbu , at great expense to the families. The tribal art of lega, Balega, or Warega, is distinguished by its introductory statuettes, also made of ivory, some of which were kept in a basket for the highest rank of bwami from different communities. Residual traces of kaolin on a light wood. Bwami has varying ...Combined with a notion of foresight, this African sculpture Sakimatwematwe (Multi-heads) forms a symbol for an insider of the Bwami. By phone: +32 65.529.100 Previously viewed items This anthropomorphic Lega sculpture belonged to an initiate of the Bwami and was part of a set used during the initiations. 29 cm Acquis in situ par … This African Lega mask indicated the stage that its holder had reached within the Bwami, a learning society composed of different ranks, and which was joined by the wives whose spouse had reached the third level, that of the ngandu .


Figure debout Société Bwami - Bois, Poils (animal), Pigment - Kakulu ka Mpito - LEGA - République Démocratique du Congo Vintage, utilisé avec des signes visibles d'usure Provenance: Ex private collection, London, UK A Lega Kahimka Mpitu Figure, standing on wedge-shaped feet in a striding posture with angular bent legs supporting a bombastic torso with pendant phallus beneath a …

[Collected by Jacques Hautelet (Brussels, Belgium and La Jolla, Calif.) in 1955 in the region of Shabundu]; [Henri Kamer, Paris and New York, until 1965]; Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York, 1965, on loan to The Museum of Primitive Art, 1965–1978The Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren (Belgium) holds extensive collections in the areas of anthropology, archaeology, history, wood biology, zoology and geology. Desication cracks.

Combined with a notion of foresight, this African sculpture Sakimatwematwe (Multi-heads) forms a symbol for an insider of the Bwami.