Iginga Statue - Lega - DR Congo

Lega statuette (DRC) – two-headed figure – Bwami tradition (attributed)

Rare and very beautiful sculpture attributed to the Lega, remarkable for its treatment with multiple heads, a formal vocabulary well known in the Bwami universe. Here, the sculptor signs a work of rare intelligence: a main head, powerful and perfectly balanced, extended by a second rear head, like a Janus figure, and a third small effigy carried on the chest. This superposition of faces creates a reading that is both hieratic and deeply symbolic, evoking vigilance, knowledge and authority.

The piece also seduces with its patina: dark, deep, gleaming in places, with beautiful areas of wear and lighter highlights at the level of the faces. The traces of handling and the remnants of ligatures/pigments (notably around the neck and the waist) reinforce the idea of a “lived-in” object, integrated into use and into a history.

A sculpture with character, very 'collectible', at once classic in its Lega idiom and exceptional in its construction, ideal for a Central African art enthusiast in search of a bold piece, instantly recognizable.

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