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Headdress – Cauris, Horn, Plant fibre, Buttons – Lega – Congo

 75,00

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Description
Colorful Bwami headdress from the Lega tribe of DR Congo. These kinds of headdresses were worn by members of the highest ranks of the secret Bwami society, ruling the social structure of the Lega.
These objects were part of the isengo, meaning that they were sacred and therefore, they could only be worn by initiates.
OBJECT

Headdress
ETHNIC GROUP/ CULTURE

Lega
REGION/ COUNTRY

Congo – 20 cm
MATERIAL

Buttons, Cauris, Horn, Plant fibre
CONDITION

Good
SOLD WITH STAND

No
DIMENSIONS

20×20×17 cm
WEIGHT

350 g
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