Description: This is an antique Lega tribe wooden mask which is decorated with whitish pinkish beige pigment and the remnants of an organic fiber beard. This mask was collected in the Congo, Africa and was made by the African Lega People. This Lega made mask is in great overall rustic antique condition with a little wear to the wood and slight paint loss on the tip of the nose on one side. The beard has some wear and raffia loss. This African Lega mask measures 14 inches long measuring just the wood and 21 inches long measuring the entire mask including the beard by 7.20 inches wide. Most of Lega masks are simple sculptures of a human face that are rarely worn over the dancer's face and never for purposes of true transformation. In Bwami ceremonies, masks are attached to different parts of the body, fixed to hats, piled in stacks, hung on fences, held in the hand, dragged on the ground, and occasionally worn on the forehead with the beard draping over the face of the wearer.
Price: 176 USD
Location: Williams, Oregon
End Time: 2024-12-08T19:04:31.000Z
Shipping Cost: 35 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Maker: Lega Tribe
Material: Wood Plant Fiber Pigment
Color: Multi-Color
Tribe: Lega
Original/Reproduction: Original
