Face mask "idimu" · D. R. Congo, Shi · ID: 3032813
sold
EUR 350
Provenance
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, GermanyVera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Size
H: 26,5 cm
H: 10.4 inch
Description
wood, blotched brown patina, incised scarification marks (cheeks and nosebridge), slightly dam., abrasion;
the “idimu” mask is owned collectively and is kept by an appropriate member of “yananio” or “kindi”. In a major performance , the “idumu” mask is hung on a fence surrounded by the smaller, individually owned “lukwakongo” masks. “Idimu” represents the power which enables the community to enter the higher level of “bwame”.
Comparing literature
Cameron, Elisabeth L., Art of the Lega, Los Angeles 2001, p. 198 f.