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They were used during healing rites or the initiation of secret associations. Oiled patina.
Sculpture wrapped in leather or textile impregnated with substances giving them the appearance of a shroud. Some of them were hollowed out to hold ingredients for magical purposes
This ritual object comes from the north-eastern region of Tanzania, bordering Kenya, facing the Indian Ocean, Shamba or Chamba, Zigua, and Mbugu tribes live. A relative homogeneity characterizes the productions of these groups, recalling some of the Madagascans and Bataks with whom, via maritime trade, contact could once have been established.
| Weight | 6 kg |
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| Dimensions | 95 × 20 cm |
The Zandé are a population of Central Africa, living mainly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the Upper Congo, in western South Sudan around the banks of the Uelé, as well as in the Central African Republic. Their beliefs mostly revolve around magic, oracles and sorcery. Witchcraft is…
Carrier of LUBA cup Style of the “Master of the three rivers” Incorporating influences from the workshops of Kabongo and Mwanza, this master and his successors or disciples developed a very original style. The stool preserved at the Metropolitan Art Museum and the two cup carriers illustrated in François Neyt’s…
They also refer to a custom preceding the burial of higher-grade initiates of the lilwa society, whose bodies were suspended from a beam in their house in order to collect their fluids, which were then used during the successor’s sprinkling ritual (a method intended to transmit the life force from one person to another). These figures are only displayed and interpreted during rites of passage and certain critical situations (e.g., in case of a bad hunt, conflicts between social groups, oath-taking ceremonies)
In Pende tribe , Democratic Republic of Congo, a protective post is carved with a representation of a maternity scene. The ancestral, matrilineal mother is depicted standing with her feet blending into the base and holding her child with her left hand while placing her right hand on her hip.…
