MC1184 Extrêmement rare ! Masque Planche Shi Bashi Plank Mask CONGO RDC TYPE D'OBJET : Statue

TYPE D'OBJET : Statue

Beautiful idimu LEGA mask

the Jonga and the Lengola Features:

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DIMENSIONS: Height 36 cm

MC1184 Extrêmement rare ! Masque Planche Shi Bashi Plank Mask CONGO RDC TYPE D'OBJET : StatueFor English, please have a look below. CONGO DRC EXTREMELY RARE SHIBOARD MASK According to Marc Leo Felix in "Maniema", this type of sculpture would represent the primordial ancestor. According to the same author, it was used by the descendants of the lega or the Shi would have borrowed this tradition from them (in "100 peoples of Zaire") This type of "mask" was also used by the Kumu. Additional particularity, this specimen has only one head while