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LEGA African Tribal ART Rare Iginga Wooden Statue Of Kakulu Bwami Cult Congo




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Reference Number: Avaluer:46549Original/Reproduction: Original
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CONGO RDCLEGA IGINGAThese statuettes generically called Igingaserved as part of the Bwami cult,  an initiatory society that organized the structuresocial welfare and ensured the stability of the Lega community.The Lega are a Bantu forest people of Central Africa, established main...ly in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), east of the Lwalaba River (the Congo River), up to altitude in the mountains Mitumba, in the provinces of South Kivu and Maniema. Characteristics:TYPE OF OBJECT: Figure, statueETHNICAL GROUP: Lega .ORIGINE: Democratic Republic of Congo.DRC (ex Belgian Congo, ex Zaïre).MATÉRIAL: Wood.DIMENSIONS: About  7 1/4 Inches highCONDITION: MediumPlease have a look on the pictures. 
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Page 123 et 125 "La sculpture des Lega" D.. Biebuyck 1994 
Page 35 "100 peoples of Zaïre" Marc Leo Felix 1987 
Page 16 ill. 22 "A la recherche du sens du Bwami" Viviane Baeke 
Page 159 "Secrets d'Ivoire" E. Cameron, 2013 
Plate 69 , présenté comme Kakulu Ka Mpito"Lega Culture. Art, Initiation and Moral Philosophy" D. Biebuyck. 1973. 
Pages 122 et 123 dans "Lega. Ethique et Beauté", D. Biebuyck. 200------------------------------ 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)
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