Mask of the totemic clans appearing at the end of the hunt. This decor evokes the animal world, with color pigments similar to those that adorn the body during initiation rites. Grainy matte patina. Cracks. Height on base: 50 cm. The Kumu , Bakumu, Komo, live mainly in the North-East and in the center of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Their Bantu language is Komo or Kikomo. Several ethnic groups are closely intertwined, endowed with similar associations: the Mbole, the Yela, the Lengola, and the Metoko. Their divination masks were exhibited during the closing ceremonies of the initiation and circumcision of the young people of the nkunda . It is indeed in the Maniema region around the Lualaba River and the Great Lakes that Lega sculpture has largely exerted its influence. A costume made of bark textiles and plant fibers concealed the wearer. Biebuck would have noted a great similarity between the rituals accompanying the appearance of the Kumu masks and those of the muminia masks of the Lega.
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