SOLD / SOLD! Exceptional Mask Idimu LEGA Exceptional Mask MC0869

SOLD / SOLD! Exceptional Mask Idimu LEGA Exceptional Mask MC0869

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Congo DRC

Exceptional Idimu LEGA Mask


This amazing mask would have (according to the collector who sold it to me) a relationship with birth .
I have come across only one similar mask in the literature, that of the Willy Mestach collection, much larger (Biebuyck, Lega. Ethics and Beauty, page 106)


Features:

TYPE OF OBJECT: Mask.
ETHNIC GROUP: LEGA
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Democratic Republic of Congo DRC
(ex Belgian Congo, ex Zaire).
MATERIAL: Wood.
DIMENSIONS: Height 24 cm.
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.
- 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 Art - Greatness and Humility. In the Vallois collection, Valentine Plisnier and Michel Boulanger, 2016.
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CONGO DRC

Exceptional
LEGA Idimu Mask


This amazing mask would have (according to the collector who sold it to me) a relationship with birth.
I have encountered in the literature only one similar mask, that of the Willy Mestach collection, much larger (Biebuyck, Lega. Ethics and Beauty, page 106 )
Features:

TYPE OF OBJECT: Mask.
ETHNIC GROUP: Lega.
ORIGIN: Democratic Republic of Congo.
DRC (ex Belgian Congo, ex Zaire).
MATERIAL: Wood
DIMENSIONS: About 9 1/2 Inches high
CONDITION: Correct
Please have a look on the pictures.