MASQUE LÉGA

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07.12.2022 15:00UTC +01:00
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ID 860517
Lot 22 | MASQUE LÉGA
MASQUE LÉGA

RÉPUBLIQUE DÉMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO

Hauteur : 15.2 cm. (6 in.)





Provenance

Collection Laure-Marie (1927-2017) et Daniel P. Biebuyck (1925-2019), Newton (Massachusetts), acquis avant 1952

Transmis par descendance



Literature

Fagg, W. et Plass, M., African Sculpture. An Anthology, Londres, 1964, p. 151

Fagg, W., African Sculpture, Washington, 1970, p. 151, n° 192

Biebuyck, D., Lega Culture. Art, Initiation, and Moral Philosophy among a Central African People, Berkeley, 1973, p. 303, n° 62



Exhibited

Washington, National Gallery of Art, African Sculpture, 29 janvier - 1er mars 1970

Kansas City, William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, African Sculpture, 21 mars - 26 avril 1970

New York, Brooklyn Museum, African Sculpture, 26 mai - 21 juin 1970



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LEGA MASK, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
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