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Hand carved from a single piece of colorful painted wood.Height are 30 cm.This type of mask is used in context of initiation.The professional standard is not included in the auction. You can order it there for 29.85 euros.
Taxatiewaarde; 275 - 325 euro
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100,000 to 250,000 Lega inhabit the virgin forest of eastern DRC, between the great lakes
and the Lualaba River, next to Luba people. The Lega do not possess a centralized
political organization, and both men and women aspire to moral authority by gaining high
rank in the bwami association. They live in the autonomous villages collectively
situated at the summit of a hill surrounded by a palisade. They practice a mixed economy
involving agriculture, hunting and fishing. Division of labor is gender based and akin to
the economic patterns of other tribes living in the forest environment: men hunt and clear
new land and women cultivate manioc and other crops. The function of the bwami
is to regulate the social, religious, and political life of the Lega. It is conveying
ethical principles and establishing social norms. Circumcision was an indispensable
process that allowed entrance into the bwami. It was accompanied by the teaching of
proverbs and instruction in the handling of objects endowed with moral and practical
significance. The bwami was divided into several levels. To pass to the
next level, a series of initiations, gifts, and payments were needed; and this meant that
one had attained a certain wisdom and acquired a personal moral sense. The great
ceremonies organized for the accession to the highest level would require that entire
villages be constructed to house the clan of the candidate and members of the other clans
who often came from very far away to participate in the festivities. The objects are frequently moved around in various
containers and grouped in large number for ceremonial displays; for this reason, there is
no large Lega art.