Anthropomorphid mask "lukungu" ·  D. R. Congo, Lega · ID: 3045011

Description

bone,
“Lukungu” is the final category of all initiation objects that marks the rank of “lutumbo lwa kindi”. “Lukungu” is only brought out during “kindi” initiations. they are oiled and then displayed on a fence or in front of their seated owners. “Lukungu” means skull, the masks call to mind death.

The object Anthropomorphid mask “lukungu” with the object ID 3045011 was last part of the auction 90.I Tribal Art and 90.II Contemporary Native American Art at November 17, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 274.

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Comparing literature

Cameron, Elisabeth L., Art of the Lega, Los Angeles 2001, p. 217