African tribal art from Congo. Luba or Hemba hatchet whose carved motif personifies an ancestor. Orange-brown satin patina. The Hemba settled in the south-east of Zaire. Formerly under the domination of the Luba, these farmers and hunters practice ancestor worship by means of effigies long attributed to the Luba. The singiti statues were preserved by the fumu mwalo and honoured during ceremonies during which sacrifices were offered to them. In parallel with the authority of hereditary chiefs, secret societies, male such as the bukazanzi , and female, the bukibilo, played a major role within the clan. (Source: "Trésors d'Afrique, Musée de Tervuren)
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