The Yaka and Surrounding cultures

Jo de Buck Tribal Arts catalogue: Cultures 2017

The Yaka and Surrounding cultures

Exhibition during: Cultures – BRUNEAF 7 – 11 June 2017

@ Jo de Buck Tribal Arts Rue des Minimes 43, 1000 Brussels www.jodebuck.com

Small Yaka fetish

• 14 cm • Wood and fiber • R.D.Congo, Late 19th century • Ex. Noble and Jean Endicot, USA

Yaka magical package

• 19,5 cm • Wood, cloth and fiber • R.D.Congo, Late 19th century • Belgian colonial collection • Ex. Alain Guisson – Yannick Van Ruysevelt

Mbuun calabash stopper

• 17,5 cm • Wood and fiber • R.D.Congo, Late 19th century • Ex. Serge Le Guenan, Paris

Zombo fetish

• 27 cm • Wood • R.D.Congo, Early 20th century • Ex. Father Costermans collection

Cubistic Yaka figure

• 42 cm • Wood • R.D.Congo, Early 20th century • Gallery Philippe Ratton collection, Paris

Holo female figure

• 26 cm • Wood • R.D.Congo, Late 19th - Early 20th century • Ex. Norman Hurst, USA

Zombo platter

• 47 cm • Wood and metal • R.D.Congo, 19th century • Ex. Alain Guisson • Pierre Dartevelle Gallery

Mbala fetish

• 18 cm • Wood • R.D.Congo, Late 19th - Early 20th century • Ex. Karel Timmermans, Belgium • Ex. Jacky De Maeyer, Belgium

Mbuun Adze

• 40 cm • Wood, iron and brass • R.D.Congo, Late 19th century • Ex. James Willis, San Francisco • Gallery Philippe Ratton collection

(Published: “Haches et Herminettes”, Juin 2015, P 32)

Mbala adze

• 29,5 cm • Wood and metal • R.D.Congo, Early 20th century • Gallery Philippe Ratton collection

(Published: “Haches et Herminettes”, Juin 2015, P 31)

Yaka adze

• 33 cm • Wood and brass • R.D.Congo, Early 20th century • Gallery Philippe Ratton collection

(Published: “Haches et Herminettes”, Juin 2015, P 46)

Yaka ”Ndeemba” Mask

• 70 cm • Wood, fiber and cloth • R.D.Congo, Early 20th century • Gallery Philippe Ratton collection

Yaka “Ndeemba” mask

• 68 cm • Wood, brass tags, cloth and fiber • R.D.Congo, Early 20th century • Ex. Rik Elias collection, Belgium

Suku “Kakuungu” mask

• 86 cm • Wood, fiber and antelope hair • R.D.Congo, Early 20th century • Gallery Alain Bovis, Paris

Big Yaka fetish

• 97 cm • Wood, brass tags, cloth and fiber • R.D.Congo, Early 20th century • Ex. Yann Ferrandin collection, Paris • Ex. Sargos collection, France • Published in Arts et Traditions d’Afrique, du profond au sacré By Catherine et Patrick Sargos, p. 199, g: 5.13

Initiates dressed for the dance Photo, Van Doorslaer

Back cover: Chokwe “Mu Po” mask

• 22 cm • Wood and fiber • R.D.Congo, Early 20th century • Ex. Kevin Conru collection