{"id":11685,"date":"2021-04-24T09:28:57","date_gmt":"2021-04-24T09:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evebegalli.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=11685"},"modified":"2021-04-24T14:38:14","modified_gmt":"2021-04-24T14:38:14","slug":"statue-mbole-republique-democratique-du-congo","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/evebegalli.com\/en\/product\/statue-mbole-republique-democratique-du-congo\/","title":{"rendered":"Mbole Statue, Democratic Republic of the Congo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name=\"v166\"><\/a><br \/>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_15452\"  width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"  data-origwidth=\"1200\" data-origheight=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0GAkfEiHEvw?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&rel=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"c166\"><\/a><br \/>\n<div class=\"_df_book df-lite\" id=\"df_11709\"  _slug=\"catalogue-166-statue-mbole-republique-democratique-du-congo\" data-title=\"catalogue-166-statue-mbole-republique-democratique-du-congo\" wpoptions=\"true\" thumbtype=\"\" ><\/div><script class=\"df-shortcode-script\" nowprocket type=\"application\/javascript\">window.option_df_11709 = {\"outline\":[],\"autoEnableOutline\":\"false\",\"autoEnableThumbnail\":\"false\",\"overwritePDFOutline\":\"false\",\"direction\":\"1\",\"pageSize\":\"0\",\"source\":\"https:\\\/\\\/evebegalli.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/166.pdf\",\"wpOptions\":\"true\"}; if(window.DFLIP && window.DFLIP.parseBooks){window.DFLIP.parseBooks();}<\/script><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cette superbe statuette appartient au groupe rare et embl\u00e9matique des statues ofika. Les genoux l\u00e9g\u00e8rement pli\u00e9s et les bras repli\u00e9s vers l&rsquo;avant donnent au corps une posture myst\u00e9rieuse et \u00e9th\u00e9r\u00e9e.\u00a0 Les petits yeux ronds et per\u00e7ants \u00e0 l\u2019int\u00e9rieur d&rsquo;une\u00a0 face creus\u00e9e \u00ab en c\u0153ur \u00bb dessin\u00e9e par les lignes des arcades sourcili\u00e8res se rejoignant \u00e0 la naissance du nez fin et une petite bouche en losange, regardent vers l&rsquo;avant avec une expression sereine mais anim\u00e9e. Magnifique patine noire brillante et couleur miel sur les parties saillantes.<br \/>\nLes myst\u00e9rieuses statues ofika ont \u00e9t\u00e9 cr\u00e9\u00e9es pour \u00eatre utilis\u00e9es au sein de l&rsquo;association Lilwa, un syst\u00e8me socioreligieux qui remplissait des fonctions \u00e9ducatives, judiciaires, politiques, \u00e9conomiques et rituelles. \u00a0La statuaire Mbole est g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement st\u00e9r\u00e9otyp\u00e9e comme repr\u00e9sentant des \u00abpersonnes ex\u00e9cut\u00e9es rituellement\u00bb ou des \u00abcriminels pendus\u00bb (Mack in Phillips 1995: 306; Neyt 1981: 30; Sieber et Walker 1987: 99). Pour une meilleure compr\u00e9hension des statues ofika, l\u2019interp\u00e9n\u00e9tration des rituels li\u00e9s \u00e0 la mort de certains initi\u00e9s du Lilwa est tr\u00e8s utile : \u00aba la mort d&rsquo;un kanga [devin], le cadavre est suspendu \u00e0 un poteau dans sa maison et les liquides sont collect\u00e9s avant d&rsquo;\u00eatre enterr\u00e9 dans une termitaria\u00bb\u00a0 et \u00abquand un yeni [initi\u00e9 le plus haut grad\u00e9 des lilwa] est moribond, il est isol\u00e9 par ses aides dans la for\u00eat et tu\u00e9. Une fois le cadavre expos\u00e9 dans un arbre g\u00e9ant, son successeur est initi\u00e9 \u00bb(Biebuyck 1986: 242). \u00c9lev\u00e9s au statut d\u2019anc\u00eatres lors de ces rites d\u2019apoth\u00e9ose, ces initi\u00e9s devenaient les interm\u00e9diaires privil\u00e9gi\u00e9s entre les vivants et le monde invisible. L\u2019<em>ofika<\/em>, effigie de ces anc\u00eatres dot\u00e9s de pouvoirs surnaturels, \u00e9tait conserv\u00e9e \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9cart du village, cach\u00e9e dans la for\u00eat et probablement, comme chez les Yela voisins, dans un tronc d\u2019arbre ou au fond d\u2019une rivi\u00e8re (<em>cf.<\/em>\u00a0Volper\u00a0<em>in<\/em>\u00a0Falgayrettes-Leveau,\u00a0<em>Initi\u00e9s. Bassin du Congo<\/em>, 2013, p. 133). Si notre connaissance de son r\u00f4le embl\u00e9matique au sein du Lilwa reste\u00a0parcellaire, les sources attestent son usage lors de l\u2019initiation au premier grade, de r\u00e8glement de conflits et quand l\u2019\u00e9quilibre du village se trouvait fragilis\u00e9. Les\u00a0<em>ofika<\/em>\u00a0\u00e9taient alors port\u00e9s en procession \u00e0 travers le village, afin \u00ab\u00a0d\u2019\u00e9carter les malheurs\u00a0\u00bb et de prot\u00e9ger le groupe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"#v166\">REGARDEZ LA VIDEO<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"#c166\">REGARDEZ LE CATALOGUE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Provenance<\/strong><br \/>\nEx collection fran\u00e7aise<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11714,"template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"on","neve_meta_content_width":100,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[27],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11685","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-statues","7":"pa_dimensions-h-25-cm","8":"pa_epoque-premiere-moitie-du-xxeme-siecle","9":"pa_ethnie-mbole","10":"pa_materiaux-bois","11":"pa_pays-r-d-du-congo","13":"first","14":"instock","15":"sold-individually","16":"taxable","17":"shipping-taxable","18":"purchasable","19":"product-type-simple","20":"add-to-wishlist-before_image"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/evebegalli.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/11685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/evebegalli.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/evebegalli.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/evebegalli.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/11685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18141,"href":"https:\/\/evebegalli.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/11685\/revisions\/18141"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evebegalli.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/evebegalli.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evebegalli.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=11685"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evebegalli.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=11685"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evebegalli.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=11685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}