CONGO DRC
Cute Metoko Mask 
Bukota cult

 

Settled in the heart of the equatorial forest, in the region of the Middle Lwalaba, the Metoko would be the descendants of Lega migrants (according to the oral tradition of the Lega themselves)

Like the Lega, their political and social life is organized around an initiatory association, the BUKOTA, which can be compared to the BWAMI of their ancestors.
They are also culturally very close to their neighbors Lengola who practice the same cult as them (See Felix page 110)

 

Characteristics:

TYPE OF OBJECT: Mask

ETHNICAL GROUP: Metoko, Mituku

ORIGINE: Democratic Republic of Congo.

DRC (ex Belgian Congo, ex Zaïre).

MATÉRIAL: Wood.

DIMENSIONS: About 9 inches high (23 cm)
CONDITION: Medium

Please have a look on the pictures.
Stand display is not included

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 Bibliography

- 100 peoples of Zaïre and their sculpture. The handbook for collectors, scholars and students, Marc Leo Felix, Bruxelles: Zaïre Basin Art History Research Foundation, 1987