A LEGA MASK, lukwakongo, of shallow oval form, the heart-shaped whitened face with pierced eyes within oval rims, long slender nose and pierced mouth with notched lips, small ears, pierced border retaining remains of raffia beard, slight erosion to border

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A LEGA MASK, lukwakongo, of shallow oval form, the heart-shaped whitened face with pierced eyes within oval rims, long slender nose and pierced mouth with notched lips, small ears, pierced border retaining remains of raffia beard, slight erosion to border
28.5cm. high
Literature
Kerchache, Paudrat and Stéphan, 1988, p.440, fig.659

Lot Essay

Cf. a similar mask collected by Daniel Biebuyck in 1952 at the end of the yananio initiations from Mulyabantu, a lutumbo lwa yananio, who had already achieved the lower level of kindi, of the Beiankuku clan, Beia sector, Pangi territory, which was traced back over four generations (Biebuyck, 1973, Pl.60)

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