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loyembo
lo-YE-mbo
carving / sculpture
French: sculpture / gravure
Loyembo oyo ezali kitoko.
This carving is beautiful.
Cette sculpture est belle.
Carving, sculpture (corrected from motende, which means stripe/streak). Loyembo (or ekeko) is a carved wooden figure. Kongo and Luba sculpture is renowned worldwide.
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