Mwaash A-Mbooy mask
Implemented in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kasaï Southern Africa, Kuba have always shown through their art the meaning of the…
MSO-2
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Mwaash A-Mbooy Soil Mask
Implemented in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kasaï Southern Africa, Kuba have always shown through their art the meaning of the…
MSO-3
Reliquary with Maash A-Mbooy Female Figurine
Reliquary representing A Ngaady a mwaashsister and wife of Woot, ancestor of the Bushongos, i.e.
RLC-13
Kneeled Woman
Feminine statue on her knees holding her breasts in an attitude of offering or imploring protection for a future motherhood.
EFM-5
Naked Motherhood Sitting
Curious figure of hard and heavy wood bakongo woman.
EFM-16
Woman with the Hand in the Back
Both the masks and the statues show the cranial elongation of the Mangbetu.
EFM-22
Pregnant Hermaphrodite
The hermaphrodite is a figure that often appears in the statuary and in African masks.
HMF-1
Statue of Ancestor
The Sikasingo are installed in the northwest part of Lake Tanganyika, next to the Bembe and to Lega.
EMS-16
Ancestor
Figure of ancestor with arms plagued on the sides, with hands stretched out but fingers together.
EMS-18
Totshi King Figurine
They are known as legless statues, being represented with an artistically scarified torso that reaches practically to the ground.
EMS-19
Ancestor
These small forefather figures were passed on from generation to generation by members of the secret Bwami society.
EMS-20
Measuring
Character in concentrated meditation attitude. Belonging to the family Yombe-Bakongo.
EMS-22
Royal Statue Ndop
Set up for four centuries between the Kasai and Sankuru rivers Kuba subdivide into numerous clans that govern themselves autonomously but pay…
EMS-23
Statue of Ancestor
Expression of dignity and serenity in this statue of ancestor belonging to a member of the secret Bwami society.
EMS-28
Crossing Band
Antique copper coin used by Baluba of Katanga and Kasaï, during the century XIX and even well advanced the Colonization.
MND-2
Reliquary Maginga
Statues with overlapping heads representing the different degrees within the “Bwamé” society.
RLC-14
Notable O Ancestor
Statue of notable or ancestor as indicated by the bearded necklace.
EMS-40
Statue of Worship
An ancient statue of bembe worship, representing an ancestor as indicated by his beard and the dignity that emerges from the figure.
FET-12
Crocodile Nkissi De Claves
Fetish intended for divinatory practices. Covered with nails as well as Koso dogs.
FET-14
Fetish with Mirror
Fetish with a mirror on the left hand and a bouquet of feathers on the right.
FET-15
Fetish Yombe
Fetish intended for divinatory practices and protection.
FET-17
Nkissa-Nkondi
Fetish with a tiny magical load on the belly covered with a cauri and small colored beads, sack collar on the neck…
FET-18
Sorcerer
Sorcerer eating a root of the hallucinogenic plant “iboga”.
MYA-3
Sorcerer
Sorcerer eating a root of the hallucinogenic plant “iboga”.
MYA-4
