MC1630 Very beautiful statue Metoko Mituku figure Congo DRC

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CONGO DRC

Beautiful Statue METOKO

Beautiful patina
There face and figure stylization aesthetically gives Metoko statues an irresistible "little robot" side

Settled and settled in the middle Lwalaba region, in the heart of the equatorial forest, 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 Lengola neighbors who practice the same cult as them (See Felix page 110)

Features:

TYPE OF OBJECT: Statue
ETHNIC GROUP: Metoko - Mituku
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Democratic Republic of Congo
(ex Belgian Congo, ex Zaire). 
MATERIAL: Wood. 
DIMENSIONS: Height: 41 cm
45 cm with the base 
CONDITION: Average
(See photos)

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CONGO DRC

Fine METOKO figure.

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)

Features:

TYPE OF OBJECT: Figure, statue, figurine. 
ETHNICAL GROUP: Metoko - Mituku
ORIGIN: Democratic Republic of Congo.
(ex Belgian Congo, ex Zaire).

MATERIAL: Wood.

CONDITION: Medium