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LastDodo number
7660309
Area
Miscellaneous
Title
Lega mask
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Year
1925
Dimensions
26 x 18 x 4 cm
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Lega mask. 1st half 20th century. With a certificate of authenticity. Biemans Collection. Robert Biemans, born in 1927, graduated from the ULB (Université Libre de Bruxelles/Free University of Brussels) as a doctor; He worked as a conscript in former Belgian Congo, from 1953 to 1975. After the independence of Congo in 1960, he was assigned to Rwanda as a medical officer for the Belgian government, in Kigali. Interested in African art, he accumulated many pieces from the African continent, throughout his career. A part of his collection is presented here.