Lega Bwami Mask, Congo #25 brass spacer bead strand Ruby 3mm Faceted Round Necklace

Ruby 3mm Faceted Round Necklace with Gold Filled Trigger Clasp

Green Garnet Earrings with Sterling Silver French Ear Wires

- Fiber Content: 100% Acetate

Lega Lukwakongo Bwami Mask

5 1/2" long

Lega Bwami Mask, Congo #25 brass spacer bead strand Ruby 3mm Faceted Round NecklaceLega Bwami Mask, Congo #25 A thick crust of white pigments covers the mask. Raffia beard still present. Within the Lega, the Bwami society open to men and women, organized social and political life. There were up to seven levels of initiation, each associated with emblems. Following their exodus from Uganda during the seventeenth century, the Lega settled on the west bank of the Lualaba River in the DRC. Also called Warega , these individuals live in