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It is a small sub-tribe of the Kuba, the population is around 30,000 people.
This a quite rare mask. The Wongo and Lele originally came from "the north" with the Kuba, subsequently settling and resettling in small villages along and between the Loange and Kasai Rivers often having to relocate in the area due to the intrusions of the Pende and later the Tchokwe peoples. It is, therefore, to be expected that there are similarities in artistry and object types among the peoples of the lower Kasai. related books:
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Children of Woot: A History of the Kuba Peoples Douglas, Mary. (1963) The Lele of the Kasai. Oxford, For the International African Institute, Oxford U.P. Klein, H. (1987) Leo Frobenius: Ethnographische Notizen Aus Den Jahren 1905 und 1906 — II: Kuba, Lele, Nord-Kete. Stuttgart, Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GMBH. Price of the Kuba Lele mask: sold 
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