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Anthropomorphic mask "lukwakongo", D. R. Congo, Lega, Size: H: 14,4 cm 25,5 cm (with beard) (H: 5.7 inch 10.0 inch (with beard)), ID: 3052048
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Anthropomorphic mask "lukwakongo" ·  D. R. Congo, Lega · ID: 3052048

Starting price EUR 650
Estimated price EUR 1,600
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Provenance
Johannes & Ursula Kaddatz, Hamburg, Germany
Size
H: 14,4 cm
25,5 cm (with beard)
H: 5.7 inch
10.0 inch (with beard)

Description

wood, pigment, plant fibre,

Young men received the “lukwakongo” masks during the “yananio” rites. These masks were the most important insignia of rank until their owner moved to the higher level of “kindi” and trades his wooden mask for an ivory one, called “lukungu”.

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