Lulua wood Fetish - DRC Congo - African Art Tribal Art
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This crouching figure, hands on temples, has a base on which the character's oversized organs rest. The face wears traditional facial scarifications. The object bears residual inlays of tukula powder, which the group coated its sculptures with.
Lulua is a generic term, which refers to a large number of heterogeneous peoples that populate the area near the Lulua River, between the Kasai and Sankuru rivers. The Lulua people migrated from West Africa in the 18th century and settled in the southern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire). There are 300,000 of them living in small regional chiefdoms and in times of crisis they elect a common leader. The role of the village chief is to ensure political, legal and social cohesion. During the late 19th century, the Lulua culture underwent radical changes. In 1875, King Lulua, Kalambam, introduced new social and religious rules, which put an end to the traditional consumption of palm wine and the ban on smoking hemp.
Ref.: "Insins, Congo Basin, 0022. Ed.d.museum Dapper; "As african art, 2022, Kerchache
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Lulua wood Fetish - DRC Congo - African Art Tribal Art
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