Former Belgian collection of African art.The Kusu are established on the left bank of the Lualaba between the Bembe, Boyo, Hemba, Songye and Tetela. They have borrowed the artistic traditions of the Luba and the Hemba, including the cult of ancestors and that of mythical heroes, and have a caste system similar to that of the Luba. The primordial ancestor, named Soba, is said to be embodied in the sculpted figures of the Kusu. Their initiatory society, the bagabo, also uses protective fetishes against witchcraft. Lustrous brown patina. Residual kaolin incrustations.
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