Referring to a moral value or dogma, or associated with a Lega proverb, this African statuette established on short legs spread apart, arms raised, offers an old abraded patina. Erosions. The tribal art of the Lega, Balega, or Warega, is distinguished by its initiation statuettes, also made of ivory, some of which were kept in a basket intended for the highest ranking members of the Bwami of different communities. This type of tribal art statuette Iginga (Maginga in the plural), was the property of the high ranking members of the Bwami, a secret society admitting men and their wives, and governing social life. This organization was subdivided into initiatory stages, the highest being the Kindi. The statuettes were used as the aspirants were initiated. The Lega's particularity, unlike other ethnic groups, is to judge the quality of their ritual objects according to their effectiveness.
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