Les Lega sont un peuple forestier bantou d'Afrique centrale, établi dans l'est de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC), dans les provinces du Sud-Kivu et du Maniema.
.GROUPE ETHNIQUE: Lega- Warega.
PAYS D'ORIGINE: République Démocratique du Congo
(ex Congo Belge, ex Zaïre).
Provinces : Sud-Kivu et Maniema.
MATERIAU: Bois
DIMENSIONS: Hauteur : 35 cm.
ETAT : Moyen
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Bibliographie - Art Lega - Bibliography:
- Lega. Ethique et Beauté au coeur de l'Afrique. Daniel P. Biebuyck. 2002. KBC.
- Joyaux Lega de la collection Benoît Rousseau. Viviane Baeke, MRAC et Benoît Rousseau. 2013. BRUNEAF.
- A la recherche du sens du Bwami, au fil d'une collection pas comme les autres. Viviane Baeke. Sans date. Musée royal de l'Afrique central.
- La sculpture des Lega. Daniel P. Biebuyck. 1994. Galerie Hélène et Philippe Leloup- Paris-New-York.
- The arts of Zaïre, Vol II Eastern Zaïre. Daniel P. Biebuyck, 1986, University of California Press.
- L'art des Lega d'Afrique centrale, Elizabeth L. Cameron. 2013, Musée 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 rêveur égaré au Congoland Emile-Alexandre Georges. 2005. Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale.
- L'Art Lega - Grandeur et Humilité. Dans la collection Vallois, Valentine Plisnier et Michel Boulanger, 2016
- Sculptures do not speak. The Balega made them speak, Daniel P. Biebuyck Cahiers de littérature orale 67-68: 69-81, 2010
- Les Warega et les Wabembe. Une extraordinaire culture sociale et une étonnante civilisation sans écriture en Afrique centrale, Alexandre Safiannikoff, 2022, Paul Safiannikoff
- Bela Hein, grand initié des ivoires Lega, Bernard de Grunne, 2001
- Trésors d'Afrique, Musée de Tervuren, ouvrage collectif, MRAC, 1995
(Notices de Daniel P. Biebuyck)
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Nene Kisi Lega Figure
Sculpture of a Nene Kisi (The land owner)
Scarifications on the nose might seem a bit confusing for a Lega item
It is rare, but it does exist (see for example E-A Georges p193, 1
The figures used in the cult of the Bwami are generically called Iginga
Collective, sacred properties, they are kept in secret, generally in closed wicker baskets. Their use is reserved at passages to the upper (Yananio) and supreme (Kindi) levels
The figure is inseparable from the aphorism associated with it
The Bwami is a hierarchical association by ranks which organizes the social structure and ensures the stability of the Lega community
Each change of level is accompagned with initiation rites where people talk, sing, dance, mime and exhibit. A multitude of aphorisms are used in stories and songs
The aim is to formulate and to interpret in multiple symbolic ways principles, moral and philosophical values and rules of bwami, to each and inculcate them, and to bestow upon the initiates the paraphernalia pertinent to their grade level together with their symbolic references, and to convey the resulting power, prestige and privileges. (Biebuyk, Sculptures don not speak 2010)
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.
Characteristics:
TYPE OF OBJECT: Figure, statue, figurine.
ETHNICAL GROUP: Lega – Balega - Warega.
ORIGINE: Democratic Republic of Congo.
(ex Belgian Congo, ex Zaïre).
Sud Kivu and Maniema provinces
MATERIAL: Wood
DIMENSIONS: About 13 3/4 inches high (35 cm)
CONDITION: Fair
Please have a look on the pictures.
