Standing male figure "kalimbangoma" ·  D. R. Congo, Lega · ID: 3034885

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Description

ivory, stained brown patina, heart-shaped facial plane, handle-shaped arms, carved with cap, belt and suspenders, missing part at the right ear;
each member of “musagi wa kindi”, a lower sublevel of the highest “bwami” rank, owns a bone or ivory human figure from the “kalimbangoma” category as a sign of his status. This figure is placed in the care of its owners high-level “bwami” wife. She is responsible for bringing it to initiations and sometimes preparing it with oil.

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Comparing literature

Cameron, Elisabeth L., Art of the Lega, Los Angeles 2001, p. 120

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Publications

Felix, Marc L. (ed.), White gold, black hands, Vol. 6, Brussels 2013

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