MC1880 Rare statue janus Kalunga Kisumbi BEMBE figure MASQUE Seat assigned to a workshop

Seat assigned to a workshop in Malemba Nkulu

CONDITION: Fair

It appeared at funerals

masks used during young men’s initiation rites were generally bicoloured

Presented as one of the most striking masks of the North Congo

MC1880 Rare statue janus Kalunga Kisumbi BEMBE figure MASQUE Seat assigned to a workshopFor English, please have a look below. CONGO DRC Rare KALUNGA statue KISUMBI BEMBE Janiform and two tone sculpture This one, large in size (31cm) has the particularity of being on a stool and can therefore also be described as a Kisumbi (symbol of stability), rare pieces among the Lega and the Bembe, reserved for the highest grades of Bwam (safiannikoff) The Kalunga janiform sculptures are said to represent Alunga, a descendant of the tribe's founding