MC1872 Grand masque Metoko culte du Bukota Mituku Mask STATUE Characteristics

Characteristics

- The great Hemba statuary of Zaire

LUBA female cult figure

Les Zande vivent dans le nord du Congo

Tribal Art n°67 pages 92 à 105

MC1872 Grand masque Metoko culte du Bukota Mituku Mask STATUE CharacteristicsEnglish description below CONGO DRC Large METOKO mask BUKOTA Association. Settled and settled in the middle Lwalaba region, in the heart of the equatorial forest, the Metoko are said to be the descendants of Lega migrants (according to the oral tradition of the Lega themselves) Like the Lega, their political and social life is organized around an initiatory association, the BUKOTA, which can be compared to the BWAMI of their ancestors. They are also