MC1105 Rare masque d'initiation Bembe Congo Rdc mask Lega • Art et Pouvoir dans

• Art et Pouvoir dans la savane d’Afrique centrale

they are figures of power

Vendu SANS le socle

(M'cwe Wa Wondolomina)

PRETTY LITTLE FETISH SONGYE (Nkishi)

MC1105 Rare masque d'initiation Bembe Congo Rdc mask Lega • Art et Pouvoir dansFor 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,