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Hemba/ Luba Singiti wood figure - DRC Congo - African

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African Tribal Hemba Singiti Carved Wood Female Ancestor Figure DRC: Ca. late 19th to first half 20thC. Fair with wood losses, a missing ear, and various wood age faults. Age-appropriate for a statue as old as this one. Considered a Luba style, this standing figure fea

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African Hemba Ancestor Singiti Figure, 19th/20th C: African Hemba ancestor figure (Singiti), Late 19th-Early 20th C. Democratic Republic of Congo. Dark patina. Condition: Smooth patina; extensive signs of age; loss of wood in legs. Provenance: Estate o

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Luba figure - DRC Congo - African Art Tribal Art: Title: Luba figure - DRC Congo - African Art Tribal Art Item Category: Statue, figure, ancestor Date/Period: Mid 20th century Origin: DRC, Congo Materials: Wood Dimensions: 15,35 Inch Weight: 1,76 Pou

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Luba figure - DRC, Congo - African Art Tribal Art: Title: Luba figure - DRC, Congo - African Art Tribal Art Date/Period: Second half 20th century Origin: DRC, Congo Dimension: 7,48 Inch Materials: Wood Weight: 0,44 Pounds Item type: Statue, fetish, fi

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Hemba/ Luba Singiti wood figure - DRC Congo - African

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Title: Hemba/ Luba Singiti wood figure - DRC Congo - African Art Tribal Art

Type: Figure, fetish

Date/Period: Second half 20th century

Origin: DRC, Congo

Dimension: 7,48 Inch

Weight: 0,22 Pounds

Material: Wood

Note: Stand not included.

Additional Information: Playing the role of spiritual medium, this female luba figure is represented in a classical attitude, hands on the chest. Her headdress, behind a wide band revealing a shaved forehead, is related to the one worn by Luba women at the beginning of the 20th century. By her symbolic gesture she indicates that the secrets of royalty ( the bizila )belong to women thanks to their role of political and spiritual intermediary.
The Luba (Baluba in tchiluba) are a people of Central Africa. Their cradle is Katanga, more precisely the region of the Lubu river, so the name (Baluba, which means "the Lubas"). They were born from a secession of the Songhoy ethnic group, under the leadership of Ilunga Kalala, who had the old king Kongolo, venerated since then in the form of a python, die. In the 16th century they created a state, organized as a decentralized chieftaincy, which extended from the Kasai River to Lake Tanganyika. The chiefdoms cover a small territory without real border that includes at most three villages.

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