MC1110 Beau Mask Goma Bembe Butende Mask Congo DRC
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CONGO DRC
Beautiful GOMA mask
Beautiful large polychrome mask which is reminiscent of the Butende des Bembe initiation masks. Thus, the eyes are in the center of immense orbits whitened with kaolin, the decorations in the form of friezes of triangles are also present. For a similar mask, see Marc Leo Felix p33 n°1 ( see bibliography)
The Goma are few in number, their population was estimated at 5,000 people in 1987, they live in eastern Congo, a little south of the Bembe, to whom they are culturally very close, along Lake Tanganyika
The Goma are few in number, their population was estimated at 5,000 people in 1987, they live in eastern Congo, a little south of the Bembe, to whom they are culturally very close, along Lake Tanganyika
Features.
ITEM TYPE: Mask
ETHNICITY: Goma Bembe.
ORIGIN: Democratic Republic of Congo.
ITEM TYPE: Mask
ETHNICITY: Goma Bembe.
ORIGIN: Democratic Republic of Congo.
(Ex Belgian Congo, ex Zaire).
MATERIAL: Wood.
DIMENSIONS: Height 30.5 cm
CONDITION: Fair - Poor
DIMENSIONS: Height 30.5 cm
CONDITION: Fair - Poor
(See photos).
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Bibliography - Bibliography
- The Bwame of the Babembe Leopard (Kivu-Congo), Pol-Pierre Gossiaux, ULG 2000-2006
- 100 peoples of Zaire and their sculpture. The handbook for collectors, scholars and students, Mar Leo Felix, Brussels: Zaire Basin Art History Research Foundation, 1987 Page 33
-----------------------------CONGO DRC
BEAUTIFUL & RARE GOMA MASK
Beautiful large polychrome mask that is reminiscent of the initiation masks Butende of the Bembe. The eyes are in the center of huge kaolin bleached orbits, the decorations in the form of friezes of triangles are also present. A very similar mask is illustrated by Marc Leo Felix (page 33, n° 1 see bibliography)
The Goma are few in number, their population was estimated at 5,000 people in 1987, they live in eastern Congo, a little south of the Bembe, to whom they are culturally very close, along Lake Tanganyika,
The Goma are few in number, their population was estimated at 5,000 people in 1987, they live in eastern Congo, a little south of the Bembe, to whom they are culturally very close, along Lake Tanganyika,
Features:
TYPE OF OBJECT: Mask.
ETHNIC GROUP: Goma - Bembe
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Democratic Republic Congo
(ex Zaire, ex Belgian Congo).
MATERIAL: Wood.
DIMENSIONS: About 12 inches high.
CONDITION: Medium - Bad
Please have a look on pictures.