SOLD / SOLD! Initiated headdress of the BWAMI LEGA Belle provenance - Hat Headdress Congo MC0574
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CONGO DRC
CONGO DRC
Lega headdress - Cult of the Bwami.
Very nice piece.
This type of headdress was worn by initiates of the Bwami cult, an initiatory grade society whose secret rites were reserved for initiates.
This association organized the social structure and ensured the stability of the Lega community.
The Lega are a Bantu forest people of Central Africa, established mainly in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, east of the Lwalaba River (the Congo River), up to altitude in the Mitumba mountains, in the provinces South Kivu and Maniema.
ORIGIN:
ex Sanaga Gallery (Tours, France)
ex Collection Joseph Christiaens (Brussels, Belgium)
Features:
TYPE OF OBJECT: Headdress, bonnet, hat
ETHNIC GROUP: Lega-Warega.
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Democratic Republic of Congo DRC (ex Belgian Congo, ex Zaire).
Provinces: Kivu and Maniema.
MATERIAL: Basketry, shells, (cowrie) fibres, seeds.
DIMENSIONS: Height 20.5 cm. (without the tail)
CONDITION: OK
See photos.
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Bibliography - Art Lega - Bibliography:
- Lega. Ethics and Beauty in the heart of Africa. Daniel P. Biebuyck. 2002. KBC.
- Lega jewels from the Benoît Rousseau collection. Viviane Baeke, RMCA and Benoît Rousseau. 2013. BRUNEAF.
- Lega jewels from the Benoît Rousseau collection. Viviane Baeke, RMCA and Benoît Rousseau. 2013. BRUNEAF.
- In search of the meaning of Bwami, through a collection unlike any other. Viviane Baeke. Undated. Royal Museum for Central Africa.
- The sculpture of the Lega. Daniel P. Biebuyck. 1994. Galerie Hélène and Philippe Leloup-Paris-New-York.
- The arts of Zaire, Vol II Eastern Zaire. Daniel P. Biebuyck, 1986, University of California Press.
- The Art of the Central African Lega, Elizabeth L. Cameron. 2013, Quai Branly Museum.
- Lega Culture. Art, Initiation and Moral Philosophy Among a Central African People. Daniel P. Biebuyck. 1973. University of California Press.
- The Lega and their art. In the footsteps of a dreamer lost in Congoland Emile-Alexandre Georges. 2005. Royal Museum for Central Africa.
- The Lega and their art. In the footsteps of a dreamer lost in Congoland Emile-Alexandre Georges. 2005. Royal Museum for Central Africa.
- The Lega Art - Greatness and Humility. In the Vallois collection, Valentine Plisnier and Michel Boulanger, 2016.
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CONGO DRC
Lega people Bwami Headdress
This type of hat was used in the cult of the Bwami, an association that organized the social structure and ensured the stability of the Lega community.
The Lega are a Bantu forest people of Central Africa, established in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in the provinces of South Kivu and Maniema.
The Lega are a Bantu forest people of Central Africa, established in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in the provinces of South Kivu and Maniema.
ORIGIN:
ex Sanaga Gallery (Tours, France)
ex Collection Joseph Christiaens (Brussels, Belgium)
Features:
TYPE OF OBJECT: Hat, headdress
ETHNICAL GROUP: Lega – Balega - Warega.
ORIGIN: Democratic Republic of Congo.
DRC (ex Belgian Congo, ex Zaire).
Kivu and Maniema provinces
MATERIAL: Shells (Cawries), fibers, seeds.
DIMENSIONS: About 8 Inches high.
(Without the tail)
CONDITION: Fair