MC1184 Extrêmement rare ! Masque Planche Shi Bashi Plank Mask CONGO RDC Beautiful idimu LEGA mask

Beautiful idimu LEGA mask

LUBA KALUNDWE

TYPE D'OBJET : Statue

François Neyt and Hugues Dubois

the eyes and the nose are sculpted in a realistic way

MC1184 Extrêmement rare ! Masque Planche Shi Bashi Plank Mask CONGO RDC Beautiful idimu LEGA maskFor 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