Antique African Lega Tribal Bwami Face Mask Pigment Beard Remnants Congo, Africa

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Antique African Lega Tribal Bwami Face Mask Pigment Beard Remnants Congo, Africa:
$118.80

This isanantique Lega tribe wooden mask which is decorated with whitish pinkish beige pigment and the remnants of anorganic fiber beard. This mask was collected intheCongo, Africa and was made by the African Lega People. ThisLega made maskis in great condition with a little wear to the wood including a chip to the rim of the back of the mask by the beard area, a natural knot hole in the forehead and slight paint loss. The beard has some wear and raffia loss. This Lega mask would make a fine addition to any African art collection. This African mask measures 11 1/2 incheslong measuring just the wood and 17 inches long measuring the entire mask including the beard by 7 inches wide.

Most of Lega masks are simple sculptures of a human face that are rarely worn over the dancer\'s face and never for purposes of true transformation. In Bwami ceremonies, masks are attached to different parts of the body, fixed to hats, piled in stacks, hung on fences, held in the hand, dragged on the ground, and occasionally worn on the forehead with the beard draping over the face of the wearer

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