Made by the Mbanza, Banja or Banda, cousins of the Ngbaka in Ubangi, this African figure was used like those of their neighbors in the context of therapeutic rites or in preparation before hunts. Grainy black patina, missing parts. The Ngbaka form a homogeneous people of the north-west of the DRC, south of Ubangui. The Ngandi live in the east and the Ngombe in the south. The banda group, made up of around fifty subgroups, has spread across Sudan, southern Chad, the Central African Republic, and the northwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It has various initiatory associations dedicated to spirits and using sculptures. Banda sculptural traditions have influenced the Ubangui, Zande, Ngbandi, Ngbaka ethnic groups.... Ref. : "Art of Sub-Saharan Africa" C. Mullen Kreamer.; "Ubangi"JL Grootaers, Mercator Fund. Ref. : “Art of Sub-Saharan Africa” C. Mullen Kreamer.
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