CONGO RDC

Large Zoomorphic Mask 

 KAYAMBA

LEGA - KWAME

Large Kwame Kayamba mask. 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.

CHARACTERISTICS :

TYPE OF OBJECT : Mask
ETHNICAL GROUP : Lega- Kwame
ORIGINE : Democratic Republic of Congo
DRC (ex Belgian Congo, ex Zaïre)
MATERIAL : Wood
DIMENSIONS : About 13 1/4 Inches high
CONDITION : Very bad
it seems to have been broken in half
It has been restored
Please have a look on the pictures

THE BASE IS NOT INCLUDED

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BIBLIOGRAPHIE / BIBLIOGRAPHY :

- LEGA. ETHIQUE ET BEAUTE AU COEUR DE L'AFRIQUE. DANIEL P. BIEBUYCK. 2002. KBC.

- JOYAUX LEGA DE LA COLLECTION BENOIT ROUSSEAU. VIVIANE BAEKE, MRAC ET BENOIT ROUSSEAU. 2013. BRUNEAF.

- A LA RECHERCHE DU SENS DU BWAMI, AU FIL D'UNE COLLECTION PAS COMME LES AUTRES. VIVIANE BAEKE. SANS DATE. MUSEE ROYAL DE L'AFRIQUE CENTRALE

- LA SCULPTURE DES LEGA. DANIEL P. BIEBUYCK. 1994. GALERIE HELENE ET PHILIPPE LELOUP- PARIS-NEW-YORK.

- THE ARTS OF ZAIRE, VOL II EASTERN ZAIRE. DANIEL P. BIEBUYCK. 1986 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS.

- L'ART DES LEGA D'AFRIQUE CENTRALE, ELIZABETH L. CAMERON. 2013. MUSEE 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 REVEUR EGARE AU CONGOLAND. EMILE-ALEXANDRE GEORGES. 2005. MUSEE ROYAL DE L'AFRIQUE CENTRALE.

- L'ART LEGA - GRANDEUR ET HUMILITE. DANS LA COLLECTION VALLIER (2016, VALENTINE PLISNIER ET MICHEL BOULANGER)

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