MC1105 Rare masque d'initiation Bembe Congo Rdc mask Lega (M'cwe Wa Wondolomina)

(M'cwe Wa Wondolomina)

Les Luba sont un grand peuple de l'est de la RDC

• Art et Pouvoir dans la savane d’Afrique centrale

partially whitened with kaolin

these statues were likely used by high-ranking members of the Bwamé association

MC1105 Rare masque d'initiation Bembe Congo Rdc mask Lega (M'cwe Wa Wondolomina)For English, please have a look below CONGO DRC BEMBE Rare initiation mask Eluba is here to stay Circumcision ( butende ) is a very important and indispensable event among the Bembe. It gave rise to great ceremonies Pol Pierre Gossiaux, a specialist in this region of eastern Congo, comments (in Masks in Congo) on a similar mask that was used to frighten: "the alternation of colors in particular ., signaled the dangerous nature of those who wore it,