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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
LocalCollection
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Collection
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Preferred Title:
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Lega Ivory Figure
Work_PrefTitle
Lega Ivory Figure
Preferred Title
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Image View:
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Overall view from front right
Image_Title
Overall view from front right
Image View
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Creator:
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unknown (Lega sculptor)
Agent_Display
unknown (Lega sculptor)
Creator
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Location:
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exhibition: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Montréal, Québec, Canada)
Work_Location_Type_D isplay
exhibition: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Montréal, Québec, Canada)
Location
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Location Note:
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From Africa to the Americas: Face-to-Face Picasso, Past and Present (2018 exhibition)
Work_LocationNotes
From Africa to the Americas: Face-to-Face Picasso, Past and Present (2018 exhibition)
Location Note
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Date:
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19th-20th C. (creation)
Work_DateDisplay
19th-20th C. (creation)
Date
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Cultural Context:
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Lega
Work_Culture
Lega
Cultural Context
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Style Period:
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Lega
Work_StylePeriodDisp lay
Lega
Style Period
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Work Type 1:
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figurine
Work_Worktype1
figurine
Work Type 1
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
Work_Classification
Sculpture and Installations
Classification
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Material:
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ivory
Work_MaterialDisplay
ivory
Material
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
Work_Technique
carving (processes)
Technique
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Measurements:
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15 cm (height, approx.)
Work_MeasurementDisp lay
15 cm (height, approx.)
Measurements
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Subjects:
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abstraction; human figure
Work_Image_SubjectDi splay
abstraction; human figure
Subjects
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Description:
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The Lega people (or Warega) are an ethnic group of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Within a community, a chief inherits his position on a patrilineal basis, and his close relatives have highest rank. Counterbalancing this hereditary structure, the Bwami society also regulates social and political life. This society has seven levels for men and four for women and is open to all. An initiate advances through the ranks through a complex system of instruction, payment and initiation, achieving increasing status. Iginga figures are individually owned by the highest ranking society members, are the most coveted of all initiation objects. Some anthropomorphic figures are called kalimbangoma. Each member of Musagi wa Kindi, a sublevel of the highest Bwami rank, owns a bone or ivory human kalimbangoma figure as a sign of his status. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Work_Description_Sou rce
The Lega people (or Warega) are an ethnic group of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Within a community, a chief inherits his position on a patrilineal basis, and his close relatives have highest rank. Counterbalancing this hereditary structure, the Bwami society also regulates social and political life. This society has seven levels for men and four for women and is open to all. An initiate advances through the ranks through a complex system of instruction, payment and initiation, achieving increasing status. Iginga figures are individually owned by the highest ranking society members, are the most coveted of all initiation objects. Some anthropomorphic figures are called kalimbangoma. Each member of Musagi wa Kindi, a sublevel of the highest Bwami rank, owns a bone or ivory human kalimbangoma figure as a sign of his status. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
LocalCollection
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Collection
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Identifier:
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7A3-AFRICAN-FAFFM-DO 2-A02
Image_OriginalVendor ID
7A3-AFRICAN-FAFFM-DO 2-A02
Identifier
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Image_Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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