MC1723 Grande statue d'ancêtre BASIKASINGO (54cm) Mizi ou Mizimu Pre Bembe masque their ancestor effigies are famous

their ancestor effigies are famous

in the north of the Kumu - Komo area

these cephalomorphic divining pestles were used by diviners to grind kaolin and to communicate with spirits

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MC1723 Grande statue d'ancêtre BASIKASINGO (54cm) Mizi ou Mizimu Pre Bembe masque their ancestor effigies are famousFor English, please have a look below CONGO DRC Large BASIKASINGO ancestor statue (54cm) Mizi or Mizimu The Basikasingo live in eastern Congo, northwest of Lake Tanganyika, in the South Kivu Province, in the Fizi Territory, and more precisely in the Lulenge Sector. They are also called Pre Bembe by some specialists like D. Biebuyck ( Biebuyck 1981) or considered a Boyo (or Buyu) lineage by others, such as Nicolas de Kun, (de Kun, 1979) Like the Hemba